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Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Affectionately called the House of Ideas by the fan press, Marvel's best-known comics titles include Fantastic Four, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, Captain America and X-Men. Most of Marvel's fictional characters are depicted as inhabiting a single shared world; this continuity is known as the Marvel Universe.
Located in New York City, Marvel has been successively headquartered in the McGraw-Hill Building on West 42nd Street (where it originated as Timely Comics in 1939); in suite 1401 of the Empire State Building; at 635 Madison Avenue; 575 Madison Avenue; 387 Park Avenue South; 10 East 40th Street; and 417 Fifth Avenue.
Since the 1960s, Marvel has been one of the two largest American comics companies, along with DC Comics.
Civil War is Marvel Comics' summer 2006 crossover event, with a core limited series of the same name written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven. The work builds upon themes and events established in previous Marvel events, particularly Avengers Disassembled and House of M. Some story elements are the result of the limited series Secret War.
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- During the film, X-men, Logan mocks the X-Men's black uniforms, Cyclops replies: "What would you prefer? Yellow spandex?" This is a reference to the blue and yellow uniform Wolverine wore in the comics.
- When Nightcrawler attacks the Secret Service at the beginning of the movie,X-2 the "Dies Irae" from Mozart's Requiem plays.
- In X-Men: The Last Stand, Angel's wings were initially too heavy for Ben Foster, and were remade from foam.
- Spider-man - Both Peter Parker and Norman Osborn wear their enemy's costume colors during the Thanksgiving dinner scene, Harry Osborn is seen wearing all of the colors. He wears a green shirt, red tie and blue coat.
- Spider-man 2 - Tobey Maguire is a vegetarian. In the scene where Parker watches police cars go by, he is actually eating a tofu hot dog.
- "David Banner" is a reference to "Doctor David Bruce Banner" from the 1980s television series starring Bill Bixby. In the comics, Hulk's father was Brian Banner.
- Stan Lee, Daredevil's co-creator, makes a cameo appearance in the movie when he is stopped by young and blind Matt Murdock from walking in front of a speeding car.
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Iceman: What the heck are the Welsh?
Betsy Braddock: A quaint, little people just west of England, Iceman. Picture the Scots without the sex appeal or the Irish without the laughs and you've pretty much got them nailed.
(Wolverine is being stalked by Weapon X assassins)
Peter Parker: That's who did that to you?
Wolverine: That is who carved me up.
(Peter sees innocent-looking diaper vans.)
Peter Parker: OH MY GOD!! Why are diaper deliverymen trying to kill you?
Jean Grey: I am an X-Man... and save the sex-change jokes.
X-men: The Last Stand
(After Storm shoves Logan out of the way of a Sentinel attack - Logan loses his cigar)
Logan:That was my last cigar.
Jean Grey/Phoenix: You would die for them? Wolverine: No, not for them. For you. For you. Jean Grey/Phoenix: Save me... Wolverine: I love you. [Logan stabs Jean through the chest and kills her, then cries out.]
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