In 1967, Marvel Comics produced the first of 13 issues of Not Brand Echh, which parodied their own superhero titles as well as DC's ; the series owed its inspiration and format to the original " Mad " comic books of a decade earlier.

Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, who co-created Man-Thing for Marvel Comics a year and a half earlier, thought that this origin was too similar to that of their character, and Wein himself had written a Man-Thing story ( in fact, the second ) that was published with a June 1972 cover date, but he refused to change the origin in spite of some cajoling by Conway, who was his roommate at the time.

Miller had a letter he wrote to Marvel as a comics fan published several years earlier in 1973 ( The Cat # 3 )

Heroes Against Hunger featuring Superman and Batman was published by DC and like the earlier Marvel benefit project featured many top comics creators.

Here, Starlin brought back Adam Warlock, whom he had killed years earlier in his concluding Warlock story in Avengers Annual # 7 and Marvel Two-in-One Annual # 2 in 1977.

The Marvel characters depicted in the earlier games were often based on their incarnations in various 1990s animated series, particularly X-Men, and were often voiced by the same voice actors.

Who's Who was DC's answer to The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, which was published a few years earlier.

In his earlier career he was a comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s.

* In earlier arts for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, a Kree starship was intended as a level.

The title was one of four launched by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas to form a line of science fiction and horror anthologies with more thematic cohesiveness than the company's earlier attempts that decade, which had included the series Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows.

The superhero-team comic The Defenders # 89 ( Nov. 1980 ) further established that the earlier stories were fictional works published within the fictional Marvel Universe itself, and written by Patsy's mother Dorothy Walker though based upon Patsy's own life and friends.

* The Marvel Comics super-villain Kang the Conqueror rules the Earth in the 41st century according to the comics, claiming Earth was at war with weapons engineered centuries earlier when he landed in a thousand years earlier then his destination by mistake.

The Brood return to Earth in the Ms. Marvel series and battle Carol Danvers, who as Binary played a key role in their earlier defeat.

Valiant's market share reached a level almost identical to DC Comics, a company whose characters were created 50 years earlier, and in 1993 Valiant was named Publisher of the Year ahead of Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

The MC2 Universe was conceived by writer / editor Tom DeFalco as a possible alternate future for the Marvel Universe, which is set in the present day, with the first appearances of most Marvel heroes having taken place fifteen years earlier than in main continuity.

As envisioned by Kirby, OMAC is essentially Captain America set in the future, an idea Kirby had toyed with some years earlier while on staff at Marvel Comics, but had never realized.

* An earlier version of the Corinthian helmet is habitually worn by the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto.

* Ibac is mentioned in the Young Justice episode " Misplaced ," with Cat Grant reading a news report that states he and Sabbac had been defeated by Captain Marvel earlier in the day.

Both Samson & Goliath and He-Man ( along with Mighty Mightor ) bear similarities to an earlier property, the Fawcett Comics ( later DC Comics ) superhero Captain Marvel.

Over the years, a running gag in Marvel comics involved heroes and villains alike reminding Trapster of his earlier name of " Paste-Pot-Pete " — which would inevitably send him flying into a rage.

Although the crown first appeared in 1969 in Sub-Mariner # 9 ( which is set in contemporary times ) various subsequent stories expanded and developed its earlier history in the Marvel Universe.

For example, the Storyteller System used in White Wolf Game Studio's storytelling games calls its GM the " storyteller ", while the rules-and setting-focused Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game calls its GM the " judge ".

When the Justice Society's forced attempt to stop them by sending Hawkman and Captain Marvel against them met with failure and resulted in Superman and Batman briefly infiltrating the White House, Luthor, in an enraged and desperate gambit after Superman's rapid defeats of his plans, used a variant combination of the " super-steroid " Venom ( a chemical associated with the Batman villain Bane ), liquid synthetic Kryptonite, and an Apokoliptian battlesuit to fight Superman directly.

Alongside the 1981 Spider-Man animated series, Amazing Friends was later re-aired in the late 1980s as part of the 90 minute Marvel Action Universe ( not to be confused with 1977's The Marvel Action Universe ), a syndicated series that was used as a platform for old and new Marvel-produced animated fare ( the newer programming featured RoboCop: The Animated Series, Dino-Riders and on occasion “ X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men ”, which was intended to serve as a pilot for a potential X-Men animated series ).

In Marvel Comics, the term " cape-killer " has been used to describe Superhuman Restraint Unit, even though few notable Marvel heroes wear capes.

The Phoenix Force is an entity in the Marvel Comics fictional universe which has bonded with other characters, who often used the alias Phoenix.

* Marvel Schebler, used for aircraft, tractors, ...

* Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy ( Robert Grayson )

It is typically portrayed within Marvel comic books as used to create weaponry such as bullets used by various covert agencies, a triangular shield used by the vigilante known as Battlestar, and the outer skin of some of the robotic bodies of the android Ultron.

* “ Excelsior !”, the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every " Bullpen Bulletins " column in Marvel Comics ; also used in pop culture as a sly reference to him

Beck used MacMurray as the initial model for the superhero character who became Fawcett Comics ' Captain Marvel.

A Durante-like voice was also used for Marvel Comics superhero The Thing in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Fred and Barney Meet the Thing.

The skull, also used on the Samhain albums Initium and November-Coming-Fire, was taken from the cover of the Marvel comic book The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior ( issue 8 ).

This type of packaging is popular today and can be seen being used by McFarlane Toys for their Movie Maniacs line of action figures beginning with Series V. Other companies that utilize this type of packaging are NECA / Reel Toys ( National Entertainment Collectibles Association ) with their Cult Classics and Pirates of the Caribbean line of figures, and Toy Biz with its Marvel Legends action figures, which included a comic book placed between the two PVC segments.

Marvel has also had many large crossover events which depicted an alternative universe, many springing from events in the X-Men books, such as Days of Future Past, the seminal Age Of Apocalypse, and 2006's House Of M. In addition the Squadron Supreme is a DC inspired Marvel Universe that has been used several times, often crossing over into the mainstream Universe in the Avengers comic.

Outside of Marvel, the line has also been used in:

* Mastermind Excello ( disambiguation ), a name used by two unrelated Marvel Comics superheroes

* Scarlet Spider, an alias used by a number of Marvel Comics characters

Writer Jeph Loeb used a similar origin for Wolverine in the Marvel continuity, having feral mutants be an evolved lifeform.

The character also appears in Marvel Comics ' Star Wars newspaper strip.

The Daily Bugle ( at one time The DB ) is a fictional New York City newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles and their derivative media.

Since 2006, Marvel has published a monthly Daily Bugle newspaper reporting on the company's publications and authors.

" He has also pointed out that the marriage itself was editorially-mandated ; Stan Lee decided to marry the characters in his daily newspaper strip and, even though the two were not even dating at the time in the comic book series, it was decided to marry them in the regular Marvel Universe as well.

Gerber, in an open letter to The Comics Journal editor Gary Groth, referred to his " parting of the ways with Marvel ", and said, " I was dismissed from the Howard the Duck newspaper strip in a manner which violated the terms of my written agreement with Marvel.

* Daily Bugle, fictitious newspaper in the Marvel Comics universe

* The Pulse ( comics ), a Marvel comic book about a section of the Daily Bugle newspaper focusing on superheroes

The Pulse is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis, about the people who work on " The Pulse ", a weekly section in the fictional Daily Bugle newspaper, focusing on superheroes.