"Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market, though it later did produce original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon and Grant Morrison. It now forms part of Panini Comics."@en . "Telekinesis (often called Teke or TK, much less known as Psychokinesis) is the psionic ability to move, manipulate and control a multitude of people and objects with the mind without physically touching them, especially over long distances. Depending on the user's skill and power, they may be able to levitate themselves and other objects (including heavy objects), and form powerful pushes/blasts and protective shields. The beings able to perform telekinesis are named Telekinetics or Telekines."@en . "__TOC__"@en . "Psychometry is the ability for someone to divine information about an object or living subject, simply by coming into close contact with it or something associated with said object or subject (something/someone contacted or used by the subject, etc.). Some with the ability can even act as mediums for residual energies and, as such, can experience talents or memories temporarily from touching an object previously owned by someone else, or tell the past or future of a subject by touching an object owned by or associated with the subject. This ability is sometimes confused with clairsentience."@en . "The Registration Acts - the Mutant Registration Act (or MRA) and Super-human Registration Act (SRA or sometimes SHRA) - are controversial legislative bills which, when passed into law, enforce the mandatory registration of super-powered individuals with the government. As their names suggest the Mutant Registration Act and the Superhuman Registration Act deal with the registration of mutants and of super-humans respectively. Numerous versions of each bill have been proposed at different times and in different jurisdictions."@en . "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (comic)]] \n* Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends at the Internet Movie Database \n* Spider-Friends.com (fan site) \n* Spider-Man Crawl Space: All Spidey, All The Time \n* Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends guide at TV.com \n* Retroland - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends"@en . "Friends, associates, and enemies of Spider-Man."@en . "Spider-Man has one of the best-known rogues galleries in comics. Many of Spider-Man's villains' origins are based in scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology, paralleling Spider-Man himself. Likewise, many also have animal-themed costumes or powers. Spider-Man's enemies are some of the best rounded antagonists in comics, with equal emphasis put on both their special abilities and their personalities. Spider-Man also has a wide range of villains: hapless thugs, mad geniuses, crime bosses, and even extraterrestrial monsters. Due to the nature of the shared universe he inhabits, he has also fought many villains more closely associated with other heroes. However, these are not considered Spider-Man's own enemies."@en . "However, this power is not without any ill effects, as it can strain the body, although some users may be resistant or even immune to the effects of high speed travel, including friction, g-force, inertia, etc."@en . "Superhuman strength is derived from various mechanisms such as; battlesuits, cybernetics, genetic modification, telekinetic fields and magic. Many heroes and villains usually have a degree of super strength. The level of strength portrayed can vary greatly, from just outside the \"normal\" human range of the strongest weightlifters of a given size or muscle mass, to nearly unlimited. In most portrayals, superhuman strength is usually accompanied by superhuman stamina and durability as well. In the Marvel universe, Superhuman strength is often measured by a Strength Scale based on the number of tons a character can lift of his or her head, from 1 to 100 (Class 20, Class 50, Class 100, etc). Characters who can lift more than 100 tons often have incalculable or unlimited strength. In the Marvel Handbooks, the first class of superhuman strength is classed from head pressing 800 lbs through a 25 ton range, while Peak humans are classed at head pressing twice one's body weight."@en . "__NOEDITSECTION__"@en . "In 1939, with the emerging medium of comic books proving hugely popular, and the first superheroes setting the trend, Goodman contracted with newly formed comic-book \"packager\", Funnies, Inc. to supply material. His first effort, (Oct. 1939), featured the first appearances of writer-artist Carl Burgos' superhero, the Human Torch, and Paul Gustavson's costumed detective The Angel. As well, it contained the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett's mutant/anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, created for the unpublished movie-theater giveaway comic, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly earlier that year, with the eight-page original story now expanded by four pages. Also included was Al Anders' Western hero the Masked Raider; the jungle lord Ka-Zar the Great, with Ben Thompson adapting the story \"King of Fang and Claw\" by Bob Byrd in Goodman's eponymous pulp magazine Ka-Zar #1; Thom Dixon's non-continuing-character story \"Jungle Terror,\" featuring an adventurer named Ken Masters; \"Now I'll Tell One\", five single-panel, black-and-white gag cartoons by Fred Schwab, on the inside front cover; and a two-page prose story by Ray Gill, \"Burning Rubber\", about auto racing. A painted cover by veteran science-fiction pulp artist Frank R. Paul featured the Human Torch, looking much different than in the interior story. (The Ka-Zar here is unrelated to the Marvel Comics jungle lord Ka-Zar introduced in The X-Men (March 1965).) That initial comic, cover-dated October 1939, quickly sold out 80,000 copies, prompting Goodman to produce a second printing, cover-dated November 1939 and identical except for a black bar in the inside-front-cover indicia over the October date, and the November date added at the end. That sold approximately 800,000 copies. With a hit on his hands, Goodman began assembling an in-house staff, hiring Funnies, Inc. writer-artist Joe Simon as editor. Simon brought along his collaborator, artist Jack Kirby, followed by artist Syd Shores."@en . "The Marvel Universe Wiki is a collaborative effort by Marvel Comics fans to create a reference source for the world that the writers have created. This could include \n* Information about specific Marvel titles from the comics, books, movies, games, and other media \n* Bios for the various characters \n* Descriptions of the many unique locations in the Marvel Universe \n* Info about the history and events surrounding the characters \n* Information on the various writers, artists, editors, and other people that help create the comics \n* Anything else that helps to expand the knowledge about the Marvel Universe: from alternate realities, to descriptions of special technologies, to info about alien races; any articles that are interesting and relevant can be included. Anyone can create and edit pages in this ultimate fan community. We encourage you to help build the community so that this information may not only help current fans to look up valuable facts, but also may help new readers who want to explore the world created by Marvel."@en . "__NOEDITSECTION__"@en . "Following the death of Professor X during the war between the X-Men and Avengers, new mutants began to emerge all over the world. To protect these new mutants and fight for mutant rights, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik founded a new school in the memory of Charles Xavier: the New Charles Xavier School for Mutants."@en . "The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best the Marvel Database has to offer. So just what makes a featured article? Well, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows. 1. \n* ...be well written and detailed 2. \n* ...be unbiased, non-point of view 3. \n* ...be sourced with all available sources and appearances 4. \n* ...follow the Manual of Style and the Layout Guide 5. \n* ...not be the object of any ongoing edit wars 6. \n* ...not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc) 7. \n* ...have a succint proper lead that can be used for the front page featured box 8. \n* ...have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense 9. \n* ...have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article For more information on what makes a featured article, see Wikipedia:What is a featured article. 1. \n* First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above. 2. \n* Others will object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they will then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organization, images, notability, sources). 3. \n* Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied. 4. \n* The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue. 5. \n* Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections, it will be added the queue, and will be officially known as a \"featured article\". 1. \n* Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes. 2. \n* Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination. 3. 1. \n* If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved. 4. \n* As stated above, any objections will be looked upon by the nominator, supporters, and anyone willing to improve the article, and action will be taken to please the objectors. 5. \n* Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 5 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a \"featured article\". Also remember to add {{nominated}} at the top of the article you are nominating. Every Sunday the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the Main Page as featured, marked with the {{featured}} template and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the {{featured article}} template. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list."@en . "The improvement drive is a collaboration to improve existing articles to Featured article status."@en . "First off, welcome to Marvel Universe! We hope you will enjoy editing here. This page will attempt to answer any questions that new editors may have regarding editing, formatting, and policies. If your question isn't answered here, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. Let's get started, shall we?"@en . "This Layout Guide explains how My English Wiki article should be structured. Most articles should use appropriate page template and for advice how fill them, see Help:Template Fields. More information can also be found from templates's documentation pages."@en . "While this article is being put together please see the Wikipedia:Manual of Style for any questions. Current work is being done on a Manual of Style for the Marvel Database. Work can be seen here, and questions, comments, and concerns can be made in there or on this page's talk page."@en . "Here you can vote for quotes of the week to be put on the Main Page. Use for the actual quotes. Place new quotes at the bottom of the appropriate section (Real-life, VIP fans, or In-universe). New quotes should be added to the bottom of the relevant subsection of this page and should be posted using the following syntax: \t\t ===Speaker (vote_count)=== ====For==== ====Against==== ====Comments==== \t \n* Archive"@en . "Welcome to the Marvel Database Project on Wikia! Here are a few simple things we ask to make everyone's experience more pleasurable. The full list of policies and guidelines is below. \n* Be Objective. Articles should be factual and not based on hearsay or opinion. If you want to voice your opinion, do so in the talk page or your user page. \n* Be Accurate. All material listed on this database requires a citation. If you are adding information, please cite the reference where you found that information. See also Policy:Citing Sources. \n* Be Mindful of Copyrights. Although information contained in The Marvel Database is shown under the GNU FDL license, the content contained herein is still copywritten by Marvel Comics. Visit the copyrights page for more information. \n* Be Mindful of Others' Works. Don't take information directly from other sites or books. Write your own information. Submitting information taken from other sources will result in a temporary block/ban, and a permanent one if this behavior continues. 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If you enjoy roleplaying a character, please do so at the Marvel Fanon Wikia. \n* Keep It Clean. We're trying to establish a family-friendly wiki. Please forego the using of profanity. Thank you. \n* Stay on Topic. To reiterate, the goal of The Marvel Database is not to host personal content, especially if it is not related to the Marvel Comics theme. Any non-relevant content will be removed daily and may lead to further action against the culpable user, up to and including suspension. \n* Fan-Made Characters. This is not the site for characters you have created. Those characters belong elsewhere, such as the Marvel Fanon Wikia. Any pages about characters not created in a Marvel publication or owned by Marvel will be deleted. \n* Follow the Naming Conventions. This site is very large and is growing faster each day. In order to keep organized and make sure that everyone can find what they are looking for please follow our page naming conventions. \n* Uploading Images. When uploading images, please be sure to make use of the Image Template. The most important fields are License, Source, and Subject. It would be nice to list the penciler if you happen to know the artist. Also, please do NOT merely paste in the template on top of a template already present without deleting the old one. If two templates are saved in the image file the categories do not work correctly. \n* Have Fun! This 'golden rule' is repeated throughout the site for a reason. Our intent is not to offend anyone, but rather provide a great resource for readers from around the world to enjoy what we have accomplished. If you have questions, contact any of the administrators anytime, and they'll be glad to help you. Thank you for being a part of our project!"@en . "Please post your requests below in the following format: ==Month and Date, Year== \n* [[Article 1]] \n* [[Article 2]] \n* [[Article 3]] Most recent requests on the top please. Add request"@en . "There are currently only a few guidelines for the treatment of spoilers on The Marvel Database rather than strict rules. This is in order to handle each spoiler situation carefully and uniquely, should it be a special case. Main templates used for films, episodes, comics, and possibly characters who premiere in future-released media are modified to use the Spoiler Screen Template automatically based on release date(s). Below is a list of available templates to use in case of spoilers, with some general guidelines on how to use them."@en . "Looking for something to do to improve the Marvel Database, but can't think of anything? Looking for a few small, quick improvements to make while you plan your next big project? Here are some suggestions."@en .