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Nexus Of All Realities
Within Marvel Comics, most stories take place within the fictional Marvel Universe, which in turn is part of a larger multiverse. Starting with the Captain Britain story in ''The Daredevils'' #7, the main continuity in which most Marvel storylines take place was designated Earth-616, and the Multiverse was established as being protected by Merlyn. Each universe has a Captain Britain designated to protect its version of the British Isles. These protectors are collectively known as the Captain Britain Corps. This numerical notation was continued in the series ''Excalibur'' and other titles. Each universe of the Multiverse in Marvel also appears to be defended by a Sorcerer Supreme at nearly all times, appointed by the mystic trinity of Vishanti to defend the world against threats primarily magical in nature from within and beyond and bearing the Eye of Agamotto. Later on, many writers would use and reshape the Multiverse in titles such as ''Exiles'', ''X-Men'', and ''Ultimate Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Summers
Rachel Anne Summers is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-plotter John Byrne (comics), John Byrne. In her first appearance, the character's surname was not revealed;''The Uncanny X-Men'' #141–142 (Jan.–Feb. 1981) in later appearances, she was established as the daughter of the Parallel universe (fiction), alternate future counterparts to Cyclops (Marvel Comics), Cyclops and Jean Grey, Jean Grey-Summers from the dystopian Days of Future Past timeline. Although there are other characters bearing her name throughout the Multiverse (Marvel Comics), multiverse, she herself is considered a multiversal anomaly with no true alternate-universe counterparts.''Knights of X'' #4 (2022) The character is a Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant with similar abilities to her mother, including telepathy, Psychokinesis, telekinesis, and a connection to the Phoenix Force (comics), Phoenix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Tribunal
The Living Tribunal is a cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' Strange Tales'' #157 (June 1967) and was created by Stan Lee, Marie Severin, and Herb Trimpe. Publication history The Living Tribunal debuted in a storyline called "The Sands of Death" in '' Strange Tales'' #157–163 (June–December 1967), giving mystic hero Doctor Strange a limited time to prove Earth is worth saving. Established as apparently the supreme power in the Marvel Universe, the character made several sporadic appearances over the years, including ''What If'' #32 (April 1982); ''Rom'' #41 (April 1983) and '' Secret Wars II'' #6 (December 1985). The Living Tribunal revealed clues as to its true purpose and nature in ''Silver Surfer'' (vol. 3) #31 (December 1989). After brief appearances in the role of observer in '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' #16 (September 1991) and ''Quasar'' #26 (Sept. 1991), the character had a significant role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Verse (franchise)
Spider-Man has appeared in film since the 1977 made-for-television movie broadcast on CBS. The motion picture rights to Spider-Man belonged to Marvel Entertainment until 1999, when Sony Pictures bought them for $7 million and produced Spider-Man's first theatrical film. He has been Marvel's most successful character in the American film industry ever since. After selling the Spider-Man motion picture rights to Sony, Marvel eventually founded its own film studio, Marvel Studios, developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) shared universe based only on the characters they still held the rights to. This would change in 2016, when Sony and the Walt Disney Company entered an agreement to introduce ''Spider-Man'' to the MCU. Despite some disagreements pertaining to finances and merchandising between the two parties, the agreement proved to be a successful endeavor for both companies. The crossover films '' Avengers: Infinity War'' and '' Avengers: Endgame'' included Spider-Man an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony's Spider-Man Universe
Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, the films are based on various Marvel Comics characters and properties commonly associated with the character Spider-Man, who is not prominently featured in the franchise. While other shared universes establish crossovers between entries, the films in the SSU are loosely connected, with greater emphasis on standalone storytelling over being interconnected. Sony Pictures, which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, began work on an expanded universe using supporting characters from the ''Spider-Man'' films by December 2013. The studio planned to use '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014) to launch several spin-off films focused on Spider-Man villains from the comics, including a Venom film. After the relative critical and financial disappointment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Men (film Series)
''X-Men'' is an American Superhero film, superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics X-Men, superhero team of the same name. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020. Fox obtained the film rights to the team and other related characters in 1994 for $2.6 million. They first produced the ''X-Men'' film trilogy consisting of ''X-Men (film), X-Men'' (2000), ''X2 (film), X2'' (2003), and ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006). After each film outgrossed its predecessor, further films were released, set in the same shared universe. These included three Spin-off (media), spin-off films centered around Logan (film character), Wolverine (''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' in 2009, ''The Wolverine (film), The Wolverine'' in 2013, and ''Logan (film), Logan'' in 2017), two films centered around Wade Wilson (film character), Deadpool (''Deadpool (film), Deadpool'' in 2016 and ''Deadpool 2'' in 2018), and the stand-alone ''The New Mutants (film), The New Mutants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Multiverse Saga
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) centers on a series of American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The MCU is the shared universe in which all of the films are set. The films have been in production since 2007, and in that time Marvel Studios has produced and released 36 films, with at least 9 more in various stages of development. It is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over $31.9 billion at the global box office. This includes '' Avengers: Endgame'', which became the highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release. The films are written and directed by various individuals and feature large, often ensemble, casts. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has produced every film in the franchise, while other Marvel Studios executives have also produced some films alongside Feige, including the studio's former CEO Avi Arad for the first two releases. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Strange (2016 Film)
''Doctor Strange'' is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange, of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay he wrote with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as neurosurgeon Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Stephen Strange along with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton. In the film, Strange learns the mystic arts after a career-ending car crash. Various incarnations of a Doctor Strange film adaptation had been in development since the mid-1980s, until Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights in April 2005 on behalf of Marvel Studios. Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer were br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth-616 (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The multiverse is a fictional setting within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise. Based on the setting of the same name from the Marvel Comics, it is a collection of infinitely many alternate realities and dimensions. First explored in the film ''Doctor Strange'' (2016), it is revisited in the film '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) before playing a key role in Phases Four, Five, and Six of the MCU, which constitute "The Multiverse Saga". The MCU's multiverse centers on a universe called the "Sacred Timeline". Initially, alternative universes were generally "pruned" by the Time Variance Authority (TVA), until Sylvie kills TVA's leader, " He Who Remains", allowing new universes to fully form. Following this, the TVA under new management instead nurtures and observes these new universes. Occasionally, some universes are considered separate from the "Sacred Timeline" but still monitored by the TVA. Many alternate versions of existing MCU characters have been introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The franchise also includes List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, several television series, short films, digital series, and literature. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by Crossover (fiction), crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Marvel Studios releases its films in groups called "Phases", with the first three phases collectively known as "The Infinity Saga" and the following three phases as "The Multiverse Saga". The first MCU film, ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' (2008), began Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One, Phase One, which culminated in the 2012 crossover film ''The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The multiverse is a fictional setting within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise. Based on the setting Multiverse (Marvel Comics), of the same name from the Marvel Comics, it is a collection of infinitely many Parallel universes in fiction, alternate realities and Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe#Dimensions, dimensions. First explored in the film ''Doctor Strange (2016 film), Doctor Strange'' (2016), it is revisited in the film ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) before playing a key role in Phases Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four, Four, Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five, Five, and Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six, Six of the MCU, which constitute "The Multiverse Saga". The MCU's multiverse centers on a universe called the "Sacred Timeline". Initially, alternative universes were generally "pruned" by the Time Variance Authority (TVA), until Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Sylvie kills TVA's leader, "He Who Remains (Marvel Cinematic Universe), He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
