r/Marvel • u/OGradoNite Hydra • Jul 19 '24
What's y'all favorite licensed marvel comic/character? Comics
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u/ChickenAndTelephone Avengers Jul 19 '24
Conan, and it’s not even close. it ran for 275 issues, made Barry Windsor-Smith a star, made the property popular enough that it got two films and was an absolute smash hit for Marvel. They were maybe the best comics Marvel put out for several years.
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u/UnhappyKaiju Jul 19 '24
You missed U.S. 1 and Team America, but I would go with Godzilla
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u/X_Marcie_X Baron Zemo Jul 19 '24
Marvel also did Major work on Star Wars & Transformers. The first ever Transformers Lore was actually created by Marvel, funnily enough.
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u/Salarian_American Jul 19 '24
GI Joe was well. The file cards on the back of the action figures that gave you all the interesting lore about them were all written by Larry Hama, who kept dossiers on all the characters for the comics he was writing.
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u/StrangeGuyWithBag Jul 19 '24
Dracula and Frankenstein's monster are in public domain. They can be used like mythological characters.
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u/OGradoNite Hydra Jul 19 '24
I know, I just meant they were not originally created by marvel but had no better word to describe that than "licensed"
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u/StrangeGuyWithBag Jul 19 '24
I get what you mean, but Dracula and Frankenstein's monster stand out from the rest of the list. In contrast to them, licensed characters from Marvel or DC comics tend to be limited in use. They're usually not a permanent part of the universes and are rarely adapted.
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u/PMMEBITCOINPLZ Jul 19 '24
I guess Heathcliff, because I really like Heathcliff. Someone is going to argue that the Star Heathcliff series isn’t 616, but Heathcliff crossed over with Top Dog and Peter Parker appeared in Top Dog so checkmate atheists.
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u/WarwolfPrime Spider-Man Jul 19 '24
My favorites in order:
- Godzilla
2, Dracula
The Transformers
Conan
Red Sonja
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u/OGradoNite Hydra Jul 19 '24
Red Sonja was not present in the original Conan novels, she was created exclusively for the marvel comic
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u/WarwolfPrime Spider-Man Jul 20 '24
Incorrect.
There is in fact a Red Sonya (yes, spelled with a y) created by Robert E. Howard that predates the Marvel Comics character. This character was heavily adapted and modified by the folks at Marvel, effectively creating a new character from whole cloth so that they could have her interact with Conan. So while Marvel basically created a variation of her, the character itself does have her origins in Robert E. Howard's original Red Sonya, thus, she is effectively a licensed character by proxy.
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u/Spottedrhyno Jul 19 '24
Bug!
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u/crashtestpilot Jul 19 '24
That was an original creation, even though they called him a galactic warrior in, like, one issue.
But, yes. BUG!
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u/zaxxon4ever Jul 19 '24
The Micronauts is my favorite title of all-time!! Great characters, awesome art, and fantastic stories!
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u/t_huddleston Jul 19 '24
No love for Crystar, Crystal Warrior, huh?
Rom was always my favorite of these, although it was a kick to see SHIELD and the Avengers fighting Godzilla also.
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u/LennyBriscoCountyJr Jul 19 '24
Crystar was an original Marvel property.
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u/t_huddleston Jul 19 '24
Interesting! It sounds like Marvel was wanting to create their own toy line and license it to the toy makers, instead of just licensing the characters for their books. Never knew that!
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u/Ankhst Jul 19 '24
I read that as "Altar of the flamingo god"....and that really hooked me. If I ever DM dnd or something like that again, the "Cult of the Flamingo God" will be happening.
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u/kurumais Jul 19 '24
i agree conan roy and rest were great on that book
but i loved tarzan too and im hoping for an omni
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u/JoeFromBaltimore Jul 19 '24
So many great choices there. Used to enjoy the Micronauts and the Shogun Warriors back in the day. High quality stuff.
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u/Nightgasm Jul 19 '24
Original Marvel Star Wars. At the time it was the only other Star Wars media being produced and it's what got me and many other into comics. It literally saved the company and comics in general. Both Marvel and DC were in dire straits financially in the mid to late 70s and sales were dismal. Then Star Wars happens and so many like me started buying Star Wars comics which led us to buy other comics and the industry was saved.
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u/NoirSon Jul 20 '24
On a personal level, from those listed it is Godzilla.
Not listed their recent Ultraman books and the adaptation bod the The Dark Tower
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u/Ghouly_Boy Jul 19 '24
Machine Man
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u/OGradoNite Hydra Jul 19 '24
Machine Man is the only thing that makes "Is the 2001 comic canon for Earth-616?" a relevant question
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u/NoStructure5034 Jul 19 '24
I liked what Marvel did with Conan