Although spun out of licensed properties, Shang-Chi is a Marvel-owned character and has been firmly established as a part of the Marvel Universe with guest appearances in numerous other titles, such as Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Knights and X-Men.

Although there were complaints among some that Shooter imposed a dictatorial style on the " Bullpen ," he cured many of the procedural ills at Marvel, successfully managed to keep the line of books on schedule ( ending the widespread practice of missed deadlines ), add new titles, and develop new talent.

Although Marvel Comics published two conflicting histories of Elektra Natchios, in the original version Orestez murdered their mother after her infidelities shamed their father.

Although extremely popular, the comic series ended on a cliffhanger when Marvel lost the Star Trek license rights.

Although Shazam is killed, as prophesied, by a giant granite block falling on him, Billy / Marvel can summon the ghost of Shazam for guidance by lighting a special brazier in Shazam's lair ( the Rock of Eternity ).

Although DC and Timely ( which evolved to become Marvel Comics ) characters are more famous today, circulation figures suggest that the best-selling superhero title of the era may have been Fawcett Comics ' Captain Marvel, whose approximately 1. 4 million copies per issue made it " the most widely circulated comic book in America.

Although Splinter was contradicted by later entries in the Star Wars film canon, it was the first " expanded universe " entry written ( although not the first published -- a Marvel Comics story holds that honor ), and as such remains highly regarded by many fans.

Although WildStorm considered attracting talent from the " Big Two " ( Marvel and DC ) such as John Romita Jr., Lee decided instead to find new talent.

Although the toy proved a failure, the licensed comic book published by Marvel Comics ran for years after the toy was discontinued.

Although successful, several members of the Squadron are killed, with the remainder ( Hyperion ; Doctor Spectrum, Whizzer, Power Princess, Lady Lark known as Skylark, Moonglow, Haywire and Shape ) marooned in the mainstream Marvel universe.

Although unrelated, after about five years of the block's quiet cancellation, Marvel Anime made its North American debut on G4, marking the first time the channel has aired anime since Anime Unleashed, followed by the premiere of Viper's Creed on October 21.

Although Marvel produced mainly superhero cartoons and animated series based on licensed toy lines, it continued to produce new productions starring the Pink Panther ( titles for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther and a special for television, Pink at First Sight ).

Although the gems are eventually returned to the Marvel Universe, the Watch has not been fully reestablished yet ; however, Adam Warlock, Gamora, and Pip were shown attempting to overthrow the Champion of the Universe's rule of the planet Skardon in the 2004 – 2005 She-Hulk series, and at one point recruited Drax to aid in their efforts.

Although regarded as deceased, Warlock made a brief appearance in a Marvel Two-In-One # 61-63 ( March – May 1980 ).

Although not a regular artist on the book, he re-designed the costume for Ms. Marvel.

Although he failed to remove Black Adam's powers, Captain Marvel gathers with a group of mystics, including Zatanna and the Phantom Stranger, to work a spell which would allow him to use his powers to transform Black Adam back to his human form instead of himself.

Although Liefeld was too intimidated to approach the Marvel booth, he did so at his friend's urging, and as a result, editor Mark Gruenwald offered Liefeld a job illustrating an 8-page Avengers backup story featuring the Black Panther, much to the 19-year-old artist's surprise.

Although Pip has been seen rarely since the Infinity Watch disbanded, he appears in Marvel: The End # 5 – 6 and She-Hulk ( 2005 series ) # 12 – 13.

Although Thanos obtains the artifact the Cosmic Cube and succeeds in taking control of the universe, Death abandons the character when he is defeated by the combined might of Captain Marvel ; Drax the Destroyer and the Avengers.

Although the characters are not named in the panel in which they appear, a character looking like Mary Marvel is shown.

Although she and Billy are kidnapped in their regular form by Doctor Sivana and Mr. Mind and gagged, Billy escapes and rescues her as Captain Marvel when she is thrown from the top of a robot by Doctor Sivana and removes a piece of duct tape from her mouth, allowing her to transform.

Although at least three pads were planned, only two, designated A and B, were completed in October 1965.

Although this originally had been planned when Commodore first switched from the parallel IEEE-488 interface to a custom serial interface, hardware bugs in the VIC-20's 6522 VIA shift register prevented it from working properly.

Although most economies today are market economies or mixed economies ( which are partially planned ), fully planned economies exist in the remaining few countries of Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, and Myanmar.

" Although he ostensibly planned to become a physician, he was " first and foremost an ornithologist.

Although the assassination did not go exactly as planned, Iruka was killed, and his father and predecessor, Soga no Emishi, committed suicide soon after.

Although the Finns had accepted the liberating manifesto ( from the period of 1908-1916 ) of March 1917 issued by the Russian Provisional Government, they planned at least an expansion of the former autonomy.

Although profit was not a primary goal, their finances improved and the enterprise was profitable, but not sufficient to carry out their planned expansions.

Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles originally planned on a main hall of the Hagia Sophia that measured 230 feet by 250 feet, making it the largest church in Constantinople, but the original dome was nearly 20 feet lower than it was constructed, “ Justinian suppressed these riots and took the opportunity of marking his victory by erecting in 532-7 the new Hagia Sophia, one of the largest, most lavish, and most expensive buildings of all time .” Although Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles were not formally educated in architecture, they were scientists that could organize the logistics of drawing thousands of laborers and unprecedented loads of rare raw materials from around the Roman Empire to create the Hagia Sophia for Emperor Justinian I.

Although it was originally planned for the corniche road along Doha Bay, Pei convinced project coordinators to build a new island to provide the needed space.

Although a wedding date was planned for March 1540, he remained reluctant and the wedding never took place.

Although a gala wedding was planned for Fort Riley, Kansas, the death of Stuart's father on September 20 caused a change of plans and the marriage on November 14 was small and limited to family witnesses.

Although Powell ’ s ostensible research aim was to study crocodiles, he also planned to study Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

Although there have been scattered and limited attempts at decentralization, as of mid-1993, Pyongyang's basic adherence to a rigid centrally planned economy continues, as does its reliance on fundamentally non-pecuniary incentives.

Although the National Convention in 1792 had planned to transfer his remains to the Panthéon, they are, two centuries later, still resting between two other graves — those of the scholarly monks Jean Mabillon and Bernard de Montfaucon — in a chapel of the abbey.

Although construction was planned to begin in 1941, due to geo-political factors, the Bucharest Metro was only opened in 1979.

Although Stephen's son William was young and unprepared to challenge Henry for the throne in 1153, the situation could well have shifted in subsequent years — there were widespread rumours during 1154 that William planned to assassinate Henry, for example.

Although technically successful, with the capture of several " tier-one personalities ", the operation did not completely go as planned.

Although he had been warned by his doctors before leaving the UK not to exert himself because of his heart condition, Troughton appeared to be in good spirits and participated vigorously in the day's panels, and was looking forward to a belated birthday celebration, which was planned for the coming Saturday evening, as well as a screening of the Doctor Who story The Dominators, which Troughton had requested personally, on the Saturday afternoon.

Although he had planned to move to Java to work at the Bosscha Observatory, he took a position at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago and became an American citizen in 1937.

Although most special effects work is completed during post-production, it must be carefully planned and choreographed in pre-production and production.

Although the subtitle states that the book comprises " 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates ", the book's preface mentions that originally four dates were planned, but last-minute research revealed that two of them were not memorable.

Although Lichtenstein had planned on producing 15 short films, the three-screen installation — made with New York-based independent filmmaker Joel Freedman — turned out to be the artist's only venture into the medium.

Although the NFL expanded by two teams in 1976, that expansion had been planned before the WFL's first season.