First appearance of Earth-616?
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First appearance of Earth-616?
I know that FF 1 (Nov 1961) is considered the first MODERN appearance of Earth-616 and the Marvel Universe. But does anyone know what issue published by Timely/Atlas/Marvel could be considered the first ACTUAL appearance? Where there any issues published prior to Marvel Comics #1 (Oct 1939) that contained characters that are definatively considered part of modern Marvel continuity?
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Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly was published before Marvel Comics #1, and contained the first appearance of Namor. It was then reprinted & expanded on in the third story in Marvel Comics #1.
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Some may argue that literary works that have been adopted into Earth-616 (like Dracula and Frankenstein) may count as earlier examples. I would disagree, because none of them have been brought in unadulterated; they have all been adapted in some way or another...Col_Fury wrote:Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly was published before Marvel Comics #1, and contained the first appearance of Namor.
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Even some pulp era characters have been brought in. For example, Ka-Zar first appeared in a series of novels from 1936.
I was curious if there were any characters in the canon MU that precede Sub-Mariner in Timely Comics?
I was curious if there were any characters in the canon MU that precede Sub-Mariner in Timely Comics?
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The first Namor story was first printed in MPCW#!, which predated Marvel Comics #1, but was never really published.
The first Ka-Zar pulp novel was adapted in the first few issues of Marvel Mystery Comics, and Ka-Zar met the Torch in one story, so it counts too.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is canon to the Marvel universe, and is even older.
The first Ka-Zar pulp novel was adapted in the first few issues of Marvel Mystery Comics, and Ka-Zar met the Torch in one story, so it counts too.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is canon to the Marvel universe, and is even older.
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Not sure what the point of this thread is, but just to add to it, God was in a recent issue of FF, and I think his first published appearance was a good while before even Dracula.
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Well, then I probably can add that the Egyptian gods first publications probably predates the first publications of the god from Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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What about Odin and the other gods from Norse Mythology?
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Ah, but (regardless of one's beliefs about them) none of those deities has shown up as a character in the MU without being changed any more than Dracula, etc., so...
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Issues of Master of Kung-Fu actually footnote reference at least two of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels. In contrast to their Conan adaptations, MVL did not actually do full-fledged direct adaptations of individual Fu Manchu novels. Therefore, Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels may count as Earth-616 canon.