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TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, May 10, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Iron Man 2 came out in theaters this weekend, and I promised
my boyfriend I would fight the crowds to see it with him. So,
on Friday night, we arrived at the theater and bought tickets
for a show three hours later, left to grab some food, and
returned to wait in a line that quickly grew.
However, it was definitely worth the wait - great action,
comedy, and entertainment! In honor of this new Marvel comic
release, here's a few facts about the comic empire that you
might not know...
Enjoy!
Melissa
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P.S. You can discuss this issue or any other topic in
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: ?Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story
one moment at a time.?
HINT: (1924-1998), author and motivational speaker, and a
professor in the Department of Special Education at the
University of Southern California.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Marvel was first known as Timely Comics, and was set up in
1939 by New York magazine publisher Martin Goodman. From
1951 the company?s comics were printed under the name
Atlas but this was changed to Marvel in 1961. The first
comic to appear under the Marvel Comics brand was Amazing
Adventures No 3.
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Goodman thought that Spider-man was a rotten idea for a
superhero, telling Stan Lee that the character would fail
because readers hated spiders. Not surprisingly, he changed
his mind when the sales figures came in!
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Marvel attempted to trademark the word zombie in comic book
titles after publishing Tale of the Zombie in 1973. By the
time the trademark was approved two years later, the series
was coming to an end. Marvel lost the trademark in 1996 but
it wasn?t long before it registered the words Marvel Zombies
to protect its comic series of the same name.
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VIDEO CLIP
Iron Man - Trailer
Based on the Marvel Comic; billionaire industrialist Tony
Stark is injured during a field test of some new weapons.
He builds a suit of powered armor to save his life and
finds new purpose as the armored avenger Iron Man!
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=9034
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The Comics Code Authority forbade the use of werewolves in
comics so Marvel writers had to come up with ingenious ways
of including the classic villain archetype. For X-Men No 60
(1969) Roy Thomas and Neal Adams got around the code by
creating Sauron, a were?pterodactyl.
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Marvel was the first comic company to give a black superhero
his own comic book. Created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita,
Luke Cage was a streetwise hero whose skin was as hard as
steel.
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Readers who alerted Marvel to mistakes in their comics were
awarded a No-Prize. This would be empty envelope sent back
to the reader on which would be written: ?Congratulations!
This envelope contains a genuine Marvel Comics No-Prize,
which you have just won!? The No-Prize has become a much
sought-after item for fans.
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but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Your sister's
husband has it and she uses it.
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QUOTE: ?Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story
one moment at a time.?
ANSWER: Leo Buscaglia.
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Questions? Comments? email us at: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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