It was also reprinted by Marvel UK, which created new editorial material.

He was also drawn in the Marvel Zombie comics as his character, Ash Williams.

Volstagg, a comic book character that appears as a supporting character in Marvel Comics ' version of Thor, was created as a Falstaff-type character.

* In 2010 Marvel Comics series S. H. I. E. L. D., Imhotep was the man who formed the very first SHIELD.

Unfortunately, Tony Stark did not invent the power dampening device that was invented in the main Marvel Universe, so Ice-Man's powers remained permanently affected.

She has faced death numerous times in the history of the series, the first being when, in her guise as Marvel Girl, she died and was " reborn " as Phoenix, which in time led to her second-though not last-death in the classic " Dark Phoenix Saga ".

In Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Latveria was presented as an impoverished dictatorial theocracy, under " his holiness " President Victor von Doom ( wearing his traditional Marvel armour and cloak ).

The character was conceived in late 1972 when Marvel Comics acquired the comic book rights to Sax Rohmer's pulp novel villain Dr. Fu Manchu while they also held the rights to the Kung Fu television program.

The Marvel Universe was also notable for setting its central titles in New York City ; by contrast, many DC heroes live in fictional cities.

For example, Spider-Man's high school graduation was published in Amazing Spider-Man # 28 ( September 1965 ), his college graduation in Amazing Spider-Man # 185 ( October 1978 ), and his high school reunion in Marvel Knights: Spider-Man # 7 ( December 2004 ).

In 1982, a comic book adaptation of the film called A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner was released by Marvel Comics.

Marvel Comics then decided that such a genocidal character could not be allowed to continue living, and she was made to commit suicide in order to save the universe more harm by herself.

Six years later, however, Marvel decided to revive the original Jean Grey ; so as to absolve her from Dark Phoenix's atrocities, the story was retconned to make Jean Grey and Dark Phoenix two separate beings and reveal that the original Jean Grey had been lying unconscious in a cocoon while Dark Phoenix's nefarious deeds were committed, in no way responsible for them ; thus cleared of the moral stain, Jean Grey could go on to a further long and varied career.

It was also featured as a secret partner assist in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.

A " Build-A-Figure " version of the character was made in wave ten of the Marvel Legends line.

" Robinson, who invited artists and editors to speak with his class, once brought in Stan Lee, then editor of Marvel Comics ' 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics, and, " I think that was when Stan first saw Steve's work.

The book was initially published by Pacific Comics, briefly by Eclipse Comics, then Marvel Comics under their since-discontinued Epic Comics imprint ( which allowed creators to retain copyrights ), then Image Comics, and currently Dark Horse Comics.

" In an interview in 1986, Ken St Andre stated that " my conception of the T & T world was based on The Lord of The Rings as it would have been done by Marvel Comics in 1974 with Conan, Elric, the Gray Mouser and a host of badguys thrown in.

In an episode that spoofed the contest between the Champion and Earth's strongest superheroes from the Champion's first appearance in Marvel Two-in-One Annual # 7, the villain Rasslor ( voiced by professional wrestler " Macho Man " Randy Savage ) challenges and easily defeats Earth's superheroes ( consisting of Valhallen, Major Glory, Sam-R-I, Phan Tone, Krunk, White Tiger, Capital G, and Living Bullet ) in single combat until Monkey was the sole remaining challenger, having been dismissed as being unworthy of Rasslor repeatedly throughout the event.

An early example of this type of fighting game was the 1998 arcade release Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, featuring comic book superheroes as well as Street Fighter characters.

In early 1963, with the success of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy, The Incredible Hulk, The Mighty Thor, Iron Man, and The Fantastic Four, creator Stan Lee devised the series title after Marvel publisher Martin Goodman turned down the initial name, " The Mutants ", stating that readers would not know what a " mutant " was.

Byrne was then replaced by Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, who would take over the majority of writing duties for the X-Men until Lee's own departure months later when he and several other popular artists ( including former X-title artists Liefeld, Portacio, and Marc Silvestri ) would leave Marvel to form Image Comics.

In the 2000s, Claremont returned to Marvel and was put back on the primary X-Men titles during the Revolution event.

In canon, he is regarded by other skilled fighters as one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the Marvel Universe, limited only by his human physique.

All humans in the Marvel Universe have the ability to use magic, but only if properly trained.

In the alternate future depicted in Marvel 2099, an alien attack floods much of the earth rendering the Savage Land the only inhabitable space.

In the Marvel Universe, Anti-Metal can traditionally be found only in Antarctica.

* Thor of Marvel Comics fame uses a gray square-headed war hammer named Mjolnir, which enhances his divine might, provides a variety of nature related powers and can only be lifted by whoever is worthy of the power of Thor.

Dennis the Menace has been published in comic books and comic digests from the 1950s through the 1980s by a variety of publishers, including Standard / Pines ( 1953 – 58 ), Fawcett Comics ( 1958 – 80, during their only return to comics after losing the Captain Marvel lawsuit ), and Marvel Comics ( 1981 – 82 ).

After Roy Thomas retired from the post in order to focus on writing, a succession of other editors, including Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, and Archie Goodwin, took the job during a relatively short span of time, only to find the task too daunting as Marvel continued to grow and add new titles and a larger staff to turn out material.

Featuring a disco-themed heroine with ties to the X-Men ( based upon an unproduced motion picture set to star Bo Derek ), the first issue of this series was sold only through specialty stores, bypassing the then-standard newsstand / spin rack distribution route altogether, as a recognition by Marvel of the growing comics shop sector.

While Beck oversaw the visual aspects of the various comics featuring Captain Marvel, he emphatically stated in an interview with Tom Heintjes published in Hogan's Alley # 3 that he and his fellow artists had no input or influence on the scripts they illustrated, noting " In the 13 years I spent drawing Captain Marvel, I wrote only one story, about Billy ’ s trip to a Mayan temple, which had to be submitted in typed form and edited and approved before I was allowed to illustrate it.

Also, in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, when the player speaks with Spider-Man, they attempt to say the phrase to him, only for him to interrupt them.

" However, because of the way time-travel in the Marvel universe works, it should be noted that this is only a potential future, not necessarily a definite one ( This future being even more unlikely after the events of One More Day ).

Image had become the third-largest comics publisher in North America, exceeded only by long-established industry leaders Marvel and DC Comics.

While Marvel's X-Men animated series was being produced by Saban, Spider-Man was produced by the newly formed Marvel Films Animation ; it was the only series that in-house studio produced, but was animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha with Korean studios.

Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada said that he feels the marriage ages the characters, making them less appealing to young readers, and lessens the dramatic, " soap opera " possibilities, but also stated that " divorcing or widowing, or annulling the marriage ... would only be worse.

Marvel Animation has completed the first and only season of the animated series, Wolverine and the X-Men, in which Wolverine leads the X-Men while Charles Xavier and Jean Grey are missing.

The Army of Darkness and Marvel Zombies: Dead Days, the zombie Doctor Octopus makes only a few cameo appearances, as a member of the undead Sinister Six.

The series ran for a total of four seasons ( 52 episodes ) from November 2000 until October 2003 on Kids ' WB, which has made it the third longest running Marvel Comics animated series, behind only X-Men: The Animated Series and Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Captain America and Nick Fury are the only non-mutant Marvel superheroes to appear on Evolution.

When the zombies from Earth-2149 cross over into Earth-Z, Quicksilver is transformed into a zombie, and in Marvel Zombies Return # 5 is one of the few remaining zombies left who fought against Spider-Man and his New Avengers, attempting to steal a canister containing the ' cure ' that Spider-Man had developed, only for the wall-crawler to accidentally pull Quicksilver's head off when trying to catch him with his webbing.

During the final battle in the Savage Land, he finally defeats the Flash, but only does so because there is no Speed Force in the Marvel Universe.

Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.

Professor Marvel and the farmworker Zeke ( Lion's alter ego ) are the only men wearing hats when Dorothy wakes up from being unconscious because Hickory ( Tin Man's alter ego ) and Hunk ( Scarecrow's alter ego ) lost their hats with Uncle Henry as they struggled to pry open the cellar when the tornado approached the farm.

After working on Captain Marvel, Starlin and writer Steve Englehart co-created the character Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, though they only worked on the early issues of the series.