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Marvel Comics hybrids

  • Mac GarganMac Gargan, a Marvel Comics supervillain, once said he would go through anything "just so long as the pay is good!" That line tells you most of what you need to know about the man before the costumes. Gargan began as a private…
  • ThanosThanos first appeared on a comic book cover dated February 1973, in The Invincible Iron Man #55, and Marvel's heroes have not been rid of him since. He is a warlord from Titan, a moon of Saturn, born into two branches of a superhuman…
  • Lizard (character)In The Amazing Spider-Man #6, published in November 1963, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced the Lizard. He is a Marvel Comics monster whose human side is a scientist named Dr. Curtis Connors, known as Curt. Connors wanted one thing. He…
  • Carol DanversCarol Danvers first appears in March 1968, in the pages of Marvel Super-Heroes #13, as an officer in the United States Air Force. She is the security chief of a restricted military base, and writer Roy Thomas and artist Gene Colan give her…
  • Scarlet WitchJack Kirby considered at least five names before the Scarlet Witch became the Scarlet Witch. Jinx, Witch Woman, The Sorceress, Evil Eye and Miss Witch are all listed on the back of a splash page in The X-Men issue 4. Writer Stan Lee and…
  • Blade (character)Blade, the vampire hunter of Marvel Comics, made his debut in The Tomb of Dracula #10, with a cover date of July 1973. He was only a supporting character there, created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan. Shortly afterward he…
  • Spider-Man 2099Spider-Man 2099 made his first appearance in a five-page sneak preview printed inside the 30th-anniversary issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. Readers met a hero who lived about 107 years beyond the Marvel Universe of that moment. His…
  • Kamala KhanKamala Khan first appeared in print as a face in the background of Captain Marvel #14, published in August 2013. Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick placed her there on purpose. In that scene, Kamala watches Carol Danvers protect civilians from an…
  • Nightcrawler (character)Nightcrawler, the indigo-furred teleporting hero of Marvel Comics, began as a sleepless sailor's idea during a typhoon. Artist Dave Cockrum was serving in the United States Navy, stationed at Guam, when the storm kept him awake. He later…
  • Star-LordStar-Lord, whose full name is Peter Jason Quill, made his debut in Marvel Preview #4 in January 1976. That magazine was printed in black and white, not in the color comic format most readers knew. The character was created by writer Steve…
  • NamorNamor, also known as the Sub-Mariner, made his debut in a comic that almost nobody ever saw. It was called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, a planned giveaway meant for theater owners. Only eight known copies survive from the batch made to…

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