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Burglar (character)
The Burglar is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was left unnamed in most of his appearances. He's best known as the first criminal faced by Spider-Man, and as the killer of the hero's uncle and surrogate father figure Ben Parker. The Burglar first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962), and has since been featured in most versions of Spider-Man's origin story. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including television series, feature films, and video games. In live-action, he was portrayed by Michael Papajohn in the films ''Spider-Man'' (2002) and ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007), and by Leif Gantvoort in the film '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012). Publication history The Burglar first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962), created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Following the Burglar's first one-off appearance, there have been m ...
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The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
The following is a complete list of all volumes of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', with notes for each issue. The list is updated as of November 23, 2022. ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) This comic book plot is written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko. Features the first appearances of Spider-Man, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, Flash Thompson, and Liz Allan. High school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, thus gaining the proportionate strength, speed, and agility of a spider, along with a precognitive "spider-sense" and later creating a web-shooting device. Peter becomes Spider-Man, an instant TV sensation, but coming out of a TV studio one day, Peter does not stop an escaping Burglar (comics), burglar, claiming it is not his problem. A few days later, he comes home to find his Uncle Ben has been shot and goes to track down the murderer, only to find that it was the same burglar that he had let escape a few days earlier. Peter blames himself for his uncle's d ...
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Marvel Comics Presents
''Marvel Comics Presents'' was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995. It returned for a second volume in 2007–2008, and a third volume that started in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for 175 issues. Each issue had four eight-page stories, of which generally two were episodes in ongoing serials and two were one-part stories. The one-part stories generally featured obscure or little-seen characters from the Marvel Universe, and often featured work by creators previously unpublished in the comics field, including Scott Lobdell (a later X-Men writer), who started work under the editorship of Tom DeFalco.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine The original plan was for the lead story to feature different members of the X-Men in solo adventures lasting between eight and ten episodes. The first ten issues featured Wolverine; others featured were Colossus, Cyclops, Havok, and ...
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Nova (Richard Rider)
Nova (Richard Rider) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared historically as the star of his own series, and at other times, as a supporting character in team books such as ''The New Warriors''. He is a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, flight and resistance to injury. Publication history The character was created in 1966 by writer Marv Wolfman in issue #3 of his fanzine, ''Super Adventures''. Then known as The Star, he was an alien doctor named Denteen who found a spaceship containing pills which gave him a different superhuman power every five minutes. In issue #6, Wolfman and writer Len Wein reimagined the character, now a prisoner named Kraken Roo who turns out to become the superhero Black Nova. Years later, Wolfman (working for Marvel Comics) and artist John Romita Sr. tweaked the design of the character's ...
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Betty Brant
Elizabeth Brant is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in stories featuring the superhero Spider-Man. She is the personal secretary of J. Jonah Jameson at the ''Daily Bugle'', and served as both a supporting character and love interest for Peter Parker. She later became a reporter for the ''Daily Bugle'' and the girlfriend of Flash Thompson/Agent Venom. Since her inception, the character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films, television series and video games. In film, she was portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, and by Angourie Rice as a teenaged version in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019), and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Publication history Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4 (September 1963). Fictional chara ...
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What If (comics)
''What If'', sometimes Stylization, stylized as ''What If...?'', is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics whose stories explore how the Marvel Universe might have unfolded if key moments in its history had not occurred as they did in mainstream continuity. Since ''What If'' debuted in 1977, the comics have been published in 13 series as well as occasional stand-alone issues. In 2021, What If...? (TV series), an animated series based on the ''What If'' comics premiered on Disney+, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe), multiverse. Format The stories of the inaugural series (1977–1984) feature the alien Uatu, the Watchers (comics), Watcher as a narrator. From his base on the Moon, Uatu observes both Earth and Parallel universe (fiction), alternate realities. Most ''What If'' stories begin with Uatu describing an event in the mainstream Marvel Universe, then introducing a point of divergence in that event and then describ ...
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