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COMICS: Will MARVELMAN Join The Marvel Universe In 2012? |
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:12 |
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Marvelman aka Miracleman is a character wrapped in more controversy than you can shake a stick at. A longstanding feud between Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane held the character in limbo for neigh 2o years but back in 2009, Marvel announced they had purchased the rights to the character. Three years later, we still have yet to see Marvelman make his debut.
Here's a little history on the character with the useful assistance of Wikipedia:
In 1953, the American company Fawcett Comics, which was the U.S. publisher of Captain Marvel, discontinued the title due to the court action of lawsuit from DC Comics. As a result, Miracleman was transformed into Captain Marvel.
Marvelman was very similar to Captain Marvel: a young reporter named Micky Moran encounters an astrophysicist (instead of a wizard) who gives him his superpowers based on atomic energy. To transform into Marvelman, he Read more: |
