"Marvel Music Marvel Music was a short-lived imprint of Marvel Comics, introduced in 1994 to publish comics developed in collaboration with musicians. The concept descended from previous Marvel collaborations with Kiss (which starred in a ""Marvel Comics Super Special"" featuring the band portrayed as superheroes fighting Marvel villains), and Alice Cooper. In an effort to diversify beyond superhero works, Marvel introduced the Marvel Music imprint in 1994, with Mort Todd as its editor. The imprint featured comics influenced by the life stories and music of various musicians and bands, having published works in collaboration with Alice Cooper, Billy Ray Cyrus,"
"Stone, the superhero Cyborg, best known as a member of the Teen Titans. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, he first appeared in ""DC Comics Presents"" #26 (Oct. 1980). Following Luke Cage, a second black Marvel character headlined his own series: the Black Panther in ""Jungle Action"". This feature began within issue #5 with a reprint of the Panther-centric story in ""The Avengers"" #62 (March 1969). A new, critically acclaimed series followed, written by Don McGregor with art by pencilers Rich Buckler, Gil Kane, and Billy Graham, in #6-24 (Sept. 1973 - Nov. 1976). The earliest black"
"original and licensed Marvel characters, and music-related biographies and fictional adventures. Issue #7 was withdrawn after completion, and never published. Issue #8 was published in two editorially identical editions, one magazine-sized, one tabloid-sized. The premiere issue, dated simply 1977, featured the rock band Kiss in a 40-page fictional adventure written by Steve Gerber, penciled by John Romita Jr., Alan Weiss, John Buscema, Rich Buckler, and Sal Buscema, which saw the quartet battling Marvel supervillains Mephisto and Doctor Doom. The members of the band had samples of their blood mixed into the ink used to print the first issue. Kiss reappeared"
"Luke Cage (who was the first black superhero to star in his own comic book in 1972), Storm, Blade, and Monica Rambeau, and DC's Green Lantern John Stewart, Bronze Tiger, Black Lightning, Vixen, and Cyborg. Characters such as Luke Cage, Mantis, Misty Knight, Shang-Chi, and Iron Fist have been seen by some as an attempt by Marvel Comics to cash in on the 1970s crazes for Kung Fu movies. However, these and other minority characters came into their own after these film trends faded, and became increasingly popular and important as time progressed. By the mid-1980s, Storm and Cyborg had"
"the estate of Bob Marley, Marty Stuart, Onyx, and the Rolling Stones. The Marvel Music series was considered unsuccessful; Todd felt that Marvel did not market the series well, while only Marty Stuart took up Marvel's suggestion to sell the comics as concert merchandise. Marvel's president Terry Stewart felt that the imprint may have been ""doomed at the beginning"", and it was discontinued in 1995 in the wake of Marvel's descent into bankruptcy. Marvel had previously published some music-based comics; the premiere issue of ""Marvel Comics Super Special"", dated simply 1977, featured the rock band Kiss in a 40-page fictional"
"Genis-Vell Genis-Vell, also known as Legacy, Captain Marvel, and Photon, is a fictional superhero turned supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is depicted as the son of Mar-Vell of the extraterrestrial Kree Empire, who was the first character to be known as Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe. Genis-Vell would become the third to carry the name. Genis-Vell first appeared in ""Silver Surfer Annual"" #6 (1993) using the codename of ""Legacy"". He appears in various Marvel titles in 1994 and 1995, primarily Silver Surfer and the ""Cosmic Powers"" miniseries. He starred in ""Captain Marvel"" (vol."
"(Winter 1979), where ""Blackmark: The Mind Demons"" premiered—its 117-page contents intact, but its panel-layout reconfigured to fit 62 pages. Following this, Marvel from 1982 to 1988 published the ""Marvel Graphic Novel"" line of 10"" × 7"" trade paperbacks—although numbering them like comic books, from #1 (Jim Starlin's ""The Death of Captain Marvel"") to #35 (Dennis O'Neil, Mike Kaluta, and Russ Heath's ""Hitler's Astrologer"", starring the radio and pulp fiction character the Shadow, and released in hardcover). Marvel commissioned original graphic novels from such creators as John Byrne, J. M. DeMatteis, Steve Gerber, graphic-novel pioneer McGregor, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walt"
"date. But by the end of the decade, Marvel's fortunes were reviving, thanks to the rise of direct market distribution—selling through those same comics-specialty stores instead of newsstands. Marvel ventured into audio in 1975 with a radio series and a record, both had Stan Lee as narrator. The radio series was Fantastic Four. The record was ""Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero"" concept album for music fans. Marvel held its own comic book convention, Marvelcon '75, in spring 1975, and promised a Marvelcon '76. At the 1975 event, Stan Lee used a Fantastic Four panel discussion to announce that Jack"
"Rocket Raccoon Rocket Raccoon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen, the character first appeared in ""Marvel Preview"" #7 (Summer 1976). He is an intelligent, anthropomorphic raccoon, who is an expert marksman and master tactician. His name and aspects of his character are a nod to The Beatles' 1968 song ""Rocky Raccoon"". Rocket Raccoon appeared as a prominent member in the 2008 relaunch of the superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy. The character has appeared in several media adaptations as a member of that team,"
"Virgo (comics) Virgo is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Virgo first appeared in ""Avengers"" #72 (January 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in ""Avengers"" #120-123 (February–May 1974), ""Ghost Rider"" #7 (August 1974), ""Iron Man"" #184 (July 1984), and ""West Coast Avengers"" #26 (November 1987), in which she is killed. Virgo appeared as part of the ""Zodiac"" entry in the ""Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition"" #20. Elaine McLaughlin is a founding member of the Zodiac, and her base"
"Alex González (Maná, De la Tierra), Steve Jocz (Sum 41), Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold), Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Scott Phillips (Creed and Alter Bridge), Abe Laboriel Jr. (Paul McCartney), Sandy Gennaro, Peter Criss, Neil Peart of Rush, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Will Berman of MGMT, Zak Starkey, Nickelback and Martone drummer Daniel Adair, Thomas Lang, Terry Bozzio, the late Troy Penland, Roger Taylor, Max Weinberg, José Pasillas from Incubus, Atom Willard (Angels & Airwaves), Glen Sobel The hired gun of (Alice Cooper) and Other Bands and Christoph Schneider (Rammstein). Others include Jason Bonham (Black Country Communion,"
"so that they can escape. Rocket Raccoon Rocket Raccoon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen, the character first appeared in ""Marvel Preview"" #7 (Summer 1976). He is an intelligent, anthropomorphic raccoon, who is an expert marksman and master tactician. His name and aspects of his character are a nod to The Beatles' 1968 song ""Rocky Raccoon"". Rocket Raccoon appeared as a prominent member in the 2008 relaunch of the superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy. The character has appeared in several media adaptations as"
"Rock Star (2001 film) Rock Star is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris ""Izzy"" Cole, a tribute band singer who ascended to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band, which was inspired by the real-life story of Tim ""Ripper"" Owens, singer in a Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace singer Rob Halford when he left the band. In the mid-1980s, Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) is a Pittsburgh fanatical admirer of a heavy metal band called Steel Dragon. By"
"50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television producer, entrepreneur, and investor. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. He later began pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced ""Power of the Dollar"" for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the compilation album ""Guess Who's Back?"", he was discovered by Eminem"
"starring the superhero Captain America. Lee and Heck introduced several adversaries for the character including the Mandarin in issue #50 (Feb. 1964), the Black Widow in #52 (April 1964) and Hawkeye five issues later. Lee said that ""of all the comic books we published at Marvel, we got more fan mail for Iron Man from women, from females, than any other title...We didn't get much fan mail from girls, but whenever we did, the letter was usually addressed to Iron Man."" Lee and Kirby included Iron Man in ""The Avengers"" #1 (Sept. 1963) as a founding member of the superhero"
"Rock of Eternity The Rock of Eternity is a fictional location appearing in comic books featuring Captain Marvel / Shazam and/or his associated characters, first in publications by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. In most versions of the Captain Marvel / ""Shazam!"" franchise, the Rock of Eternity serves as the source of the character's power and the residence of his benefactor, the Wizard Shazam. It first appears in ""The Marvel Family"" #1 (December 1945). Issue #7 (December 1947) further explores the Rock of Eternity in the story ""The Marvel Family Reaches Eternity"". In the context of the original"
"the opening credits. The second, recorded by Cheap Trick in 1999, with revised lyrics, was also included on ""That '70s Show Presents That '70s Album: Rockin'."" Later, Bell's song ""Speed of Sound"" appeared on the Flaming Lips album """". Bell's version of ""Speed of Sound"" is heard over the opening credits to the film ""Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"". Beck covers ""I Am the Cosmos"" in concert. Chris Bell (American musician) Christopher Branford Bell (January 12, 1951December 27, 1978) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its"
"Marvel properties from Fawcett. The Rock of Eternity is used as a locale in some of the 1970s-1980s DC Captain Marvel stories - published under the title ""Shazam!"" due to trademark issues with a ""Captain Marvel"" character that was published by Marvel Comics after Fawcett's Captain Marvel was out of publication. As it is located at the center of space and time in these stories, the Rock allowed the Marvels and other DC Characters to travel between the various dimensions of DC's Multiverse and travel to the company's various super-hero characters' alternate worlds. A 1994 reboot of Captain Marvel by"
"now considered a cult classic. The Marvel Conan stories were also adapted as a newspaper comic strip which appeared daily and Sunday from September 4, 1978, to April 12, 1981. Originally written by Thomas and illustrated by Buscema, the strip was continued by several different Marvel artists and writers. Marvel ceased publishing all Conan titles in 2000. In 2003, Dark Horse Comics acquired the license to publish the character. In 2018, Marvel reacquired the rights. Marvel Comics' Conan's core appearances include: The following occur in the Hyborean age: Note: At least some of these appearances (e.g. ""What If?"", ""Avengers Forever"","
"his teammates, he gathered: The Blue Diamond (a super-strong, superhumanly durable anthropologist), Jack Frost (the mythological spirit of winter), and the Thin Man (comics' first stretching hero, predating Plastic Man by just over a year) were here reintroduced into Marvel continuity, appearing for the first time since the Golden Age. Unofficial team leader the Patriot had appeared as a simulacrum projected from the mind of Rick Jones in ""The Avengers"" #97 (March 1972), but was otherwise reintroduced here. The winged Red Raven, who'd starred in the single issue of a namesake title in 1940, had re-entered the modern Marvel universe"
"Black Marvel The Black Marvel (Daniel Lyons) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Al Gabriele with an unknown writer, he first appeared in ""Mystic Comics"" #5 (March 1941), published by Marvel's 1940s forerunner Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. The Black Marvel appeared in the multi-character omnibus title ""Mystic Comics"" #5-9 (March 1941 - May 1942). His first-appearance origin story was reprinted in ""Marvel Super-Heroes"" #15 (July 1968). The character also starred in a story in ""All Winners Comics"" #1 (Summer"
"Gemini (Marvel Comics) Gemini is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Gemini first appeared in ""Avengers"" #72 (January 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in ""Avengers"" #80-82 (September–November 1970), ""Daredevil"" #69 (October 1970), ""Iron Man"" #33-36 (January–April 1971), ""Daredevil"" #73 (February 1971), ""Astonishing Tales"" #8 (October 1971), #15-20 (December 1972-October 1973), ""Avengers"" #120-125 (February–July 1974), #130-134 (December 1974-April 1975), ""Giant-Size Avengers"" #3-4 (February, June 1975), ""Iron Man"" #184-185 (July–August 1984), and ""West Coast Avengers"" #26 (November 1987), in which he is"
"stylings of Marvel's most prominent artist, Jack Kirby, and combined with the humor and pathos of Lee's writing to lay the foundation for what became an enduring mythos. Most of Spider-Man's key villains and supporting characters were introduced during this time. Issue #1 (March 1963) featured the first appearances of J. Jonah Jameson and his astronaut son John Jameson, and the supervillain the Chameleon. It included the hero's first encounter with the superhero team the Fantastic Four. Issue #2 (May 1963) featured the first appearance of the Vulture and the Tinkerer as well as the beginning of Parker's freelance photography"
"a cameo in ""The Incredible Hulk"" (2008), two ""Iron Man"" sequels ""Iron Man 2"" (2010) and ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), ""The Avengers"" (2012), """" (2015), """" (2016), """" (2017), """" (2018) and will do so again in """" (2019) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man was ranked 12th on IGN's ""Top 100 Comic Book Heroes"" in 2011, and third in their list of ""The Top 50 Avengers"" in 2012. Iron Man's Marvel Comics premiere in ""Tales of Suspense"" #39 (cover dated March 1963) was a collaboration among editor and story-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, story-artist Don Heck, and"
"(January 1970), and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in ""Avengers"" #82 (November 1970), in which he is killed. The second human Aries, Grover Raymond, first appeared in ""The Avengers"" #120-123 (February–May 1974), and was created by Steve Englehart and Bob Brown. The character subsequently appears in ""Ghost Rider"" #7 (August 1974), and ""Captain America"" #177-178 (September–October 1974), in which he is killed. Aries appeared as part of the ""Zodiac"" entry in the ""Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition"" #20. Nothing is known about how Lassiter joined the Cartel or"
"super-specials by the end of 1977. Marvel Comics would develop a singing superhero, while Casablanca would produce a singer. The two companies would then work with Filmworks and produce a tie-in motion picture; Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter wrote a treatment for the project. Romita, Jr. originally intended for the character to resemble model, actress, and singer Grace Jones, but representatives from Filmworks – wanting to promote model and actress Bo Derek – insisted on design changes to reflect Derek's features. Dazzler guest starred in Marvel titles, such as ""The Uncanny X-Men"", ""The Avengers"", the ""Fantastic Four"", and the Marvel"
"Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent ""heartthrob"" of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as ""Magnificent Obsession"" (1954), ""All That Heaven Allows"" (1955) and ""Giant"" (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day in ""Pillow Talk"" (1959), ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send"
"albums 50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television producer, entrepreneur, and investor. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. He later began pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced ""Power of the Dollar"" for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the compilation album ""Guess Who's Back?"", he was discovered by"
"Rockman (comics) Rockman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ""U.S.A. Comics"" #1 (August 1941), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the 1930s to 1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comics. As credits were not routinely given in comic books of this period, his writer and artist co-creators are unknown, although the first page of his debut story was drawn by Charles Nicholas (itself a house pen name) and the remainder by Basil Wolverton. Rockman appeared ""USA Comics"" #1-4 (Aug. 1941 - May 1942),"
"Jeffrey Mace Jeffrey Solomon ""Jeff"" Mace, also known as the Patriot and Captain America, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created during the 1940s, a period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. As the Patriot, he first appeared in ""The Human Torch"" #4 (Spring 1941; mis-numbered #3 on cover), published by Marvel's 1940s precursor, Timely Comics. In 1976, Marvel revealed via retroactive continuity that Mace had become the third Captain America some time after his World War II era adventures. He is also the"
"The Avengers. In 2012, Quasar was ranked 36th in IGN's list of ""The Top 50 Avengers"". The character first appeared as Marvel Boy in ""Captain America"" #217 (January, 1978). He continued to make guest appearances in ""Captain America"", ""The Incredible Hulk"", ""Marvel Two-in-One"", and ""Avengers"". He was revamped as Quasar by Mark Gruenwald, and first appeared under this new name in ""The Incredible Hulk"" #234 (April 1979). Quasar received an eponymous series in October 1989, written by Mark Gruenwald and illustrated by Paul Ryan and Danny Bulanadi. The title crossed over with ""Infinity Gauntlet"", """", and ""The Infinity War"". Later,"
"Captain Marvel (album) Captain Marvel is a jazz album by saxophonist Stan Getz released in 1974 on the Columbia Records label. The album features performances by Getz with Chick Corea, who composed most of the material, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira and Tony Williams. Shortly before recording this album Corea, Clarke and Moreira had formed the core of the group Return to Forever, and ""Captain Marvel"" shares the Latin jazz and jazz fusion sound that Corea was exploring in this era. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states ""This band, combining as it did the restlessness of electric jazz with Getz's"
"album. This record was originally released as a promotional item to a handful of radio stations, with a different cover and eight additional songs. 50th Anniversary expanded Bonus Tracks Rock, Rock, Rock! (soundtrack) Rock, Rock, Rock! is a soundtrack album for the motion picture of the same name and was the very first LP ever released by Chess Records labeled ""LP 1425"" and Chuck Berry's first appearance on a Long Player. Only four songs on this album (""Over and Over Again,"" ""I Knew From the Start,"" ""You Can't Catch Me"","" and ""Would I Be Crying"") actually appear in the film."