The Marvel Book Expand Your Knowledge of a Vast Comics Universe by Stephen Wiacek

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Gifts of the gods • Arcane artifactsCreatures on the loose • Legion of MonstersTerror incognito • Hidden lands and racesCOSMIC FORCES AND SPACE ADVENTURESIntroductionReach for the stars • Space champions and challengersOld souls • Elders of the universeSinister shape-shifters • SkrullsSoldiers blue • KreeSpace invaders • Aliens on EarthThe Mad Titan • ThanosAbsolute power • The Infinity GauntletSymbiotic bonds • VenomCosmic protector • Captain MarvelCaptains courageous • Marv-ell and other Captain MarvelsGuardian of the galaxy • Star-LordSharpshooting swindler • Rocket RaccoonArboreal alien • GrootThe most dangerous woman in the galaxy • GamoraGalactic champion • Drax the DestroyerPlanetary police • Nova and the Nova Corps
Sentinel of the spaceways • Silver SurferALTERNATE WORLDS AND DIVERGENT TIMELINESIntroductionAnother time, another place • Mirror universesTime bandit • Kang the ConquerorTime-traveling soldier • CableTomorrow’s Avengers • 31st Century Guardians of the GalaxyThe Web of Life • Spider-VerseOther lives • Miles Morales and other Spider-heroesSomeplace strange • Weirdworld and otherworldly realmsBack from the dead • ZombiverseAnother Britain • OtherworldFuture gladiator • KillravenThe demolisher • DeathlokAbove and beyond • The UltimatesMending the Multiverse • ExilesThe end of everything • Time runs outRepeat cycle • Gwen(pool) and the art of multiversal maintenanceGLOSSARYCOPYRIGHT
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTSHOW TO USE THIS EBOOKINTROD
Page 5 and 6: Malevolent manipulator • Norman O
Page 7: Send in the clones • The JackalSe
Page 12 and 13: INTRODUCTIONThe multimedia phenomen
Page 14 and 15: “I was tired of doing monster mag
Page 16 and 17: and sales started slowly rising. Le
Page 18 and 19: newcomers, who had grown up reading
Page 21 and 22: How to explore this bookThe Marvel
Page 24 and 25: The cosmos is infinite, filling an
Page 27 and 28: Altered statesEncompassing the Mult
Page 29 and 30: ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONSeventh Cos
Page 31 and 32: Gateway guardian A mix of science a
Page 33 and 34: Multi-Earths Each Earth and its par
Page 35 and 36: every outpost of existence in their
Page 37 and 38: Look, but don’t touchTheir missio
Page 39 and 40: Doctrine of noninterference?Althoug
Page 41 and 42: reforming Cosmic Egg—the universe
Page 43 and 44: Devourer of WorldsAfter millennia,
Page 45 and 46: ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONEarth-616,
Page 47 and 48: Lucky starsEarth’s location is ad
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Page 52 and 53: INTRODUCTIONFrom greater than gods
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When World War II erupts and the Ax
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ON THE RECORDKNOWN MEMBERSThoth, Ba
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King of beasts Fearless Bashenga an
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Godforsaken Modern Wakandans don’
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their chieftain Bor, the Aesir move
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Epic sagas The inhabitants of the T
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ON THE RECORDLOCATIONExtra-dimensio
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Divine indulgenceBast makes a pact
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HerculesBorn to cleanse the world o
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empowered villains to prey on ordin
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ON THE RECORDTEAM NAMESFreedom’s
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Mystery Men Separate but interlinke
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transform ordinary mortals into phy
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Symbol of libertyWith no prospect o
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“As long as freedom may be threat
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Heroes united An army of costumed c
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Home front heroesThe Invaders spend
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Mighty DestroyerThe full extent of
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reported killed in action battling
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMESamuel Thomas
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American eagle Sam Wilson’s role
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since 1918. Foreseeing their countr
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Secrets and liesKnowing only combat
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Howling CommandosIn the army, Fury
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leaves the US as de facto leading n
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ON THE RECORDTEAM MEMBERSMarvel Boy
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Secret services Combining cutting-
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human form. His friend, Conner Sims
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMERobert “Bob
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Solitary sentinel While waiting for
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fortune and intellect to building a
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Future FoundationDespite their hect
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEVictor von Do
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“My vast and supreme will shall b
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Walking arsenal Doom’s armor blen
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMERobert Bruce
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Unnatural disaster Hulk’s rampage
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“The angrier I get the stronger I
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMESHenry “Han
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Leading the way Janet Van Dyne grow
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Search for self Despite his genius,
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEThor OdinsonA
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Heavy metal Clad in dwarven armor a
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the monster. The struggle costs Tho
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEAnthony “To
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Power dressing Although Stark’s a
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“Everything I’ve done... I’ll
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Regarded as the modern age’s firs
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Atlantis abidesApparently ageless,
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMESteven Grant
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Oldie but goodie A returned Cap qui
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and he defeats his evil double, lea
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEJohann Shmidt
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Tomorrow belongs to meThe detonatio
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Cosmic CubeCosmic Cubes are reality
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by all his descendants, each tailor
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Orphan KingDespite enhanced physica
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Shuri, the Ancient FuturePrincess S
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Imprisoned in Asgard, but out to be
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A law unto themselvesControversial
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First Avengers Even before the dawn
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Deceit and duty Avenger ally Mar-Ve
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When primordial aliens the Builders
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Interstellar AvengersEarth’s migh
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“the world’s greatest marksman.
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murder, but cleared, and finds hims
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Going straightHawkeye’s isn’t t
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Soviets consolidated their hold on
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Asset managementConflict and isolat
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Widow makersAfter Natasha Romanoff
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goals. Nations follow suit: recruit
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Defend us from evilHowever, the mos
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Alpha FlightCanada’s Department o
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Keeping his identity secret, the 15
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Neighborhood heroParker constantly
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J. JONAH JAMESONJohn Jonah Jameson
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contracts radiation sickness, Dr. D
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Free agentMoving to California, Dre
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SilkFor years, Peter Parker remains
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him enhanced physical capabilities
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Control freakDespite being exposed
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEMatthew Micha
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Wages of sinIn hospital, Murdock di
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Blind faith Matt’s strict sensei,
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underling then makes his move, murd
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Hiring respected journalist/ghost w
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMELester (last
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Death dealer Bullseye is never unar
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Flaming femme fatale Pyrokinetic, t
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMELuke Cage, le
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Men at work Blasé New Yorkers are
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Conflict resolution Cage’s seriou
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEJessica Campb
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Dress code Not every street-fightin
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Multifaceted After years trying to
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEFrancis “Fr
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Tooled up No problem is too big for
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gangleader Raul Bushman in Egypt, S
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEUnknown, answ
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Killing joke Deadpool’s crazy ban
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Deadpool’s travails have taken hi
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESFantastic F
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Open house The Champions want every
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they—and the kids they help—pro
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESMI5, MI6, A
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Force of one Shang-Chi’s Kung Fu
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Danny’s parents try to find the c
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEElektra Natch
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Red resurrection Elektra’s bond w
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to his memory and training. Combine
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESA.I.M., The
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Strucker’s armyModern Hydra is bo
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Secret EmpireHydra’s greatest tri
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thanks to the provisory largesse of
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Man of action Like the father he ha
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Brotherhood of the ShieldEarth has
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Man, and alien invader Lucifer. Tha
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“We’re not fighting for the peo
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adventurers. Some years later, the
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Mutual interestsUsually however, al
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Super Villain team-upsAlthough thei
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divide—there are still good-heart
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Quirky capersMany traditional heroe
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Animal magicWhen evil threatens it
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INTRODUCTIONIn a rational world of
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Business as usualIn a progressive w
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONSuper-geniu
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Sharp witted Nadia Van Dyne is equa
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Shock treatment Nikola Tesla create
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESEarth, Aven
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Ideas men Earth’s intellectuals p
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Clash of wills As always, doing wha
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESAvengers, C
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Future perfect Pacifist, hyper-smar
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from all hindrance and preconceptio
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ON THE RECORDTEAM NAMEIntelligencia
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Radical thinkersOtto “Doc Ock”
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Genie in a bottle Arnim Zola grows
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONEternals (H
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Family resemblance Deviants vary wi
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might destroy their ruler, the Supr
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ON THE RECORDFOUNDING MEMBERSScott
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Backs to the future The time-transp
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McCoy imperils reality by bringing
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEMax Eisenhard
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Global force Magneto’s power can
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Evil brotherhood Magneto’s doctri
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESX-Men, X-Fa
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Grip of fire Jean Grey is the perfe
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mercenaries attack him, Ororo’s r
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEHerbert Edgar
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High and mighty The High Evolutiona
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danger to the universe—in a dimen
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONGamma radia
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Thinking big Even the Leader’s mi
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Whenever she becomes agitated, angr
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONChemically
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Scales of disaster Connors’ formu
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Light relief Cloak and Dagger shine
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEHenry “Hank
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Size matters Pym Particles alter th
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Mind-boggle Pym’s constant creati
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into forgetting his own creation’
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Ultron everywhereThe manic AI prove
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Ultron incarnations From the moment
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patterns of Simon Williams who infi
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Avenging VisionDespite a rocky star
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Jim Hammond, First Human TorchIn No
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Clear cut Logan’s true nobility a
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Weapon XFollowing a disastrous miss
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X-23When Wolverine dies, his family
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Brain. However, robots remained pri
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONCybernetic
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Measure of a man Only a fraction of
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dying of degenerative effects. Howe
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMESBen Reilly;
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“Kill me once and for all. Don’
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humanity’s first line of defense
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Futureproofing S.H.I.E.L.D.The majo
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Life Model DecoysOriginally designe
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civilian sectors like aerospace, re
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the result is a construction compan
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ON THE RECORDNAMEVibraniumPROPERTIE
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Vibranium’s greatest triumph is c
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Extraordinary elementsDespite thous
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Uru A magic metal, Uru is reputedly
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ON THE RECORDLOCATIONThe Pangean Co
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Plunder and protectionOver succeedi
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Although universes work most effici
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Embracing mysteryA pattern of destr
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONAbstract be
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they can improve reality through th
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such death-defying exemplars, it is
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pantheon of gods has its own landlo
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Rebirth and afterlifeAcross almost
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Shades of DeathAlmost every Earthly
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to attain their ends. One way to bo
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEJericho Drumm
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Weird sister Spilled blood and inca
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were money and fame, an inebriated
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Ultimately pragmatic, to save reali
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESThe Faltine
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Power games Devious Umar cannot mat
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Beelzebub, Satan, and other fallen
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMELoki Laufeyso
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Swindler supreme Briefly ousting Do
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“I am not now, nor ever have been
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEWanda Maximof
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Spellbinding Wanda uses Chaos Magic
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Three witches Guided by the spirits
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONSpirits of
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Divine retribution After the first
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dormant powers he possesses, young
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ON THE RECORDLINEAGEHouse of Scandi
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Dark legacy Valiant Black Knights c
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Firstborn Daimon Hellstrom initiall
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONMagic weapo
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Inscribed in magic “Whosoever hol
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guarded by warrior-priest Prester J
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Cursed objectsMagical forces affect
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Many vampiric races haunt society
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONLost tribes
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Denizens of the depths Losing their
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INTRODUCTIONAs the universe stabili
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Universal EldersThe race for suprem
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Enigma effect Captain Universe’s
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Vault of heavenEarth is an object o
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ON THE RECORDKNOWN MEMBERSGrandmast
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Everlasting EldersThings change aft
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESGalactic Co
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Power shift The Secret Invasion alm
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Order! Order! Having defeated the S
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONUnregistere
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Raining monsters When Super Heroes
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invaders Zzutak and Fin Fang Foom f
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESBlack Order
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Control freakDespite being one of t
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Black OrderThanos’ elite advance
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artifacts are inherently attuned to
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Infinity warsDespite the prohibitio
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Infinity WatchInfinity Stones can b
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absorbing morality and honor as wel
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Lethal protectorWhen Earth’s Supe
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Anti-VenomThe symbiote deserts Eddi
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For years, US Air Force officer Car
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A true MarvelWith her memories clou
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Kamala Khan, Ms. MarvelBorn in Jers
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with human Rick Jones via power-pro
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Dynasty of heroesOn Titan, Elysius
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Cosmic watchdogsThe universe is a c
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Rough and ready Although a cunning
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Have spacesuit, will travel Despite
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helping Star-Lord and the Guardians
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becomes lost in space after encount
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESGuardians o
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No, it’s this way A tree of few w
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Warlock’s attempts to destroy his
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEArthur Dougla
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Green and mean Whether infinitely e
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Richard Rider. As Super Hero Nova t
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Hard CorpsRider uses the Nova Force
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Super NovaNova helmets denote rank
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Cosmic.” With a board made of thi
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ON THE RECORDALLEGIANCESInfinity Wa
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Dark mirror Although deranged and e
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INTRODUCTIONEvents in almost every
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Guarding the time streamNonetheless
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Windows to tomorrow Noh-Varr offers
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Time out of jointNaturally, most of
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMENathaniel Ric
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Time stream tyrant With an advanced
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Multiple mayhem The alliance of eve
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMENathaniel Chr
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Teen idol Cable trained mutant savi
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enigma Starhawk. Assisted by presen
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONWeb-Warrior
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Cutting the cord A repentant, refor
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Web of alternate lives The Web of L
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these embattled planets the Web of
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Ultimate Spider-ManThis pattern rep
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Spider-Man 2099In a number of alter
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like Xemu’s bellicose “5th Dime
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Fantasy islandsOriginally a distant
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Interdimensional Council of ReedsCe
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In days, Earth-2149 is devastated b
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ON THE RECORDDESIGNATIONMystical Re
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Deus ex machines Trickster god Loki
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World War I, a Martian invasion is
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMELuther Mannin
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Death shock The demolisher’s life
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with strategic brilliance. The fina
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ON THE RECORDFOUNDING MEMBERSBlink
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Front and center Blink returns to a
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the instant when “Time Runs Out,
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ON THE RECORDREAL NAMEGwen PooleALL
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Gutter snipe Gwen can step outside
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Biosphere The regions of a planet i
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Electroplasm A substance comprised
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Life-form Any organism or entity th
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considered a separate dimension.Pre
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Super-Soldier Serum General term us
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physical enhancement and psychologi
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Senior Editor Cefn RidoutSenior Des
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