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- Burger Wars part 2
- Banned issue within the 25 part maxi-series 'The Cursed Earth'
- 'Burger Wars' infringed on multiple food chain trademarks including Ronald McDonald depicted as a violent gang member
- As of 2016, an amendment to UK law allowed the use of copyright-protected characters in parody
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- 1st appearance of Morph from the animated X-Men Adventures series and the comic book universe version of Changeling (X-Men #35)
- Comic book series based on the Fox animated TV show
- Lawsuit: In late 2019, a lawsuit was filed against Disney/Marvel for stealing the theme song to the 90s animated series from a Hungarian police show called ‘Linda’
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- 1st full appearance of Angela in the Marvel Universe, later revealed to be Thor's sister
- Marvel acquired the rights to Angela after nearly a decade of litigation between Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman in which Gaiman was victorious
- Angela makes her first cameo in the Marvel Universe in Age of Ultron #10
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- Neil Gaiman's first written work for Marvel Comics
- Multi-award winning limited series that places classic Marvel heroes in the 17th century
- *the collected edition of this series has a dedication from Gaiman that reads 'To Todd (McFarlane), for making it necessary' referencing a 10 year legal dispute over profits and character ownership
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- 1st appearance and origin of Captain Marvel, a character who could detach limbs by shouting 'split' and recover them by saying 'xam'
- M.F. Enterprises sued Marvel after the 1967 introduction of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) for infringement and took a $4,500 settlement to relinquish the name to Marvel Comics
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- 1st appearance of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family in DC Comics
- 1st cover appearance of Captain Marvel and Superman (Superman does not appear in the story with Captain Marvel)
- *20 years after DC was awarded $400,000 ($4 million by today's standards) for Superman copyright infringement, the publisher purchased the rights to Shazam from Fawcett
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- Premiere issue of an ongoing series about a notorious crook who comes out of retirement to save his wife
- Recalled issue due to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a New York City bar of the same name famous for their hybrid comic book/cocktail menus
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- 1st appearance of Master Man, a young man who received incredible powers after ingesting a magic vitamin containing every source of energy in existence
- After six issues, Fawcett Comics discontinued the character when DC/National Comics filed a lawsuit claiming Master Man's abilities were too similar to Superman
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