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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
- *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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- 1st appearance and origin of Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider.
- Ghost Rider isn't in the MCU, doesn't have a tv show coming or an animated show on the air, he doesn't even really have anything special going on in comics so you'd be excused if you thought this lack of buzz meant he was a B tier character. Someone who isn't quite at the level of popularity of Captain America or Thor.
- But that amazing flaming skull design, the edgy darkness and the testosterone fueled premise are incredibly popular and the quiet buzzing of fan attention has been growing consistently for some time.
- Ghost Rider, like Wolverine or Venom, is one of those magical Marvel characters that somehow changes a 12 year old boy upon first glimpse. Like the character itself, he looks into your soul and you are never the same.
- Add to that the wicked looking but incredibly easy to damage black cover and you've got a book that is very much sought after.
- This week we saw new all-time highs in several grades including 8.0 which hit $1,712 (up from $1,650), 6.5 $1,035 (up from $1,000), 4.5 $779 (up from $610) and 2.0 $410 (up from $399).
- Of note is the both that the volume of sales has picked up as of late. The 4.5 sold for $647, then sold for $715, and then $779 this week. And the fact that the 6.5 new record was for a PGX graded copy.
- PGX are a grading company like CGC and CBCS but are a much smaller operation and tend to be far less accurate. Stories abound of books being misgraded, restored books being graded as unrestored and frankly they have an ugly holder. PGX graded books usually see a steep discount compared to CGC books of the same grades.
- In the highest grades this book is very rare and commands an incredible premium with only 34 9.6's in existence and only 3 9.8's (compare that to ASM 300 at 3,026 and 1,047 or even Hulk 181 at 323 and 126).
- Another great example of a book that looks like a powder-keg and is ready to explode at the slightest rumor of an MCU appearance.
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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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