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Stan Lee  (born Stanley Martin Lieber  /ˈliːbər/ ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American  comic book  writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business to become  Marvel Comics ' primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a  multimedia  corporation that dominated the comics and movie industries. In collaboration with others at Marvel—particularly co-writers/artists  Jack Kirby  and  Steve Ditko —he co-created numerous popular fictional characters, including  superheroes   Spider-Man , the  X-Men ,  Iron Man ,  Thor , the  Hulk ,  Ant-Man , the  Wasp , the  Fantastic Four ,  Black Panther ,  Daredevil ,  Doctor Strange ,  Scarlet Witch , the  Black Widow  and  Captain Marvel . These and other characters' introductions in the 1960s pione...

Yu-Gi-Oh! ( Japanese : 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn : Yū-Gi-Ō!, lit. "King of Games") is a Japanese manga series about gaming written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi . It was serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou , who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi awakens a gambling alter-ego or spirit within his body that solves his conflicts using various games. Two anime adaptations were produced; one by Toei Animation , which aired from April to October 1998, and another produced by NAS and animated by Studio Gallop titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , which aired between April 2000 and September 2004. The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series, a trading card game , and numerous video games. Most of the incarnations of the franchise involve the fictional trading card game known as Duel Monsters, where each playe...

Jabba Desilijic Tiure, ( colloquial : Jabba the Hutt ) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas . He is a large, slug -like alien known as a Hutt who, like many others of his species, operates as a powerful crime lord within the galaxy . He is notable for never speaking Basic , the main characters' language, though able to understand it, always replying in the constructed language Huttese . In the original theatrical releases of the original Star Wars trilogy, Jabba the Hutt first appeared in Return of the Jedi (1983). However, he is mentioned in Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and, indirectly, in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), while a previously deleted scene involving Jabba the Hutt was added to the 1997 theatrical re-release and subsequent home media releases of Star Wars. When first shot, this scene featured Declan Mulholland as a humanoid version of Jabba speaking the main character's language, which was digita...

Stormtroopers  were the foot soldiers of the  Galactic Empire , tasked with enforcing order throughout the galaxy. They wore armor similar to that of the clone troopers of the Old  Republic , and were considered the spiritual successors to the clone army. The similarity ended there, however; stormtroopers were much less trained and less efficient as soldiers. They were enlisted from various corners of the galaxy, resulting in mixed quality, and were not as creative or effective in battle. As a result, many clones felt disgusted by them, and despised the fact that their military legacy had been reduced to an army of poor recruits. Certain stormtrooper units were, however, better trained and a formidable force in battle. All troopers struck fear into general populice, allowing the Empire to take control over numerous populations. http://starwarsrebels.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper ------------------------------- Star Wars  is an American  epic ...

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim  is an  action role-playing video game  developed by  Bethesda Game Studios  and published by  Bethesda Softworks . It is the fifth main installment in  The Elder Scrolls  series, following  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion , and was originally released worldwide for  Microsoft Windows ,  PlayStation 3 , and  Xbox 360  on November 11, 2011. The game's main story revolves around the player character's quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivionand takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open-world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely. ...

Jaws  is large man-eating Great White Shark and the fourth one to terrorize  Amity Island . He is the main antagonist and only playable of  Jaws Unleashed . https://jaws.fandom.com/wiki/Jaws_(Jaws_Unleashed) ------------------------------ Jaws  is a 1975 American  thriller film  directed by  Steven Spielberg  and based on  Peter Benchley 's 1974  novel of the same name . In the film, a giant  man-eating   great white shark  attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional  New England  summer  resort town , prompting police chief  Martin Brody  ( Roy Scheider ) to hunt it with the help of a  marine biologist  ( Richard Dreyfuss ) and a professional shark hunter ( Robert Shaw ).  Murray Hamilton  plays the mayor, and  Lorraine Gary  portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer  Carl Gottlieb...