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The Marvel Universe is a fictional universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers , the X-Men , the Fantastic Four , and many Marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as Spider-Man , Iron Man , Thor , the Hulk , Captain America , Wolverine , Black Panther , Doctor Strange , Black Widow , the Human Torch , Daredevil and Deadpool , among numerous others. It also contains well-known supervillains such as Doctor Doom , Magneto , Thanos , Loki , Green Goblin , Kingpin , Doctor Octopus and Venom . The Marvel Universe is further depicted as existing within a " multiverse " consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes". In this context, "Marvel Universe" is taken to refer to the mainstream Marvel continuity , which is known as E...

Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko , and first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books . Lee and Ditko conceived the character as an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City , and as a teenager, having to deal with the normal struggles of adolescence in addition to those of a costumed crime-fighter. Spider-Man's creators gave him super strength and agility , the ability to cling to most surfaces, shoot spider-webs using wrist-mounted devices of his own invention, which he calls "web-shooters", and react to danger quickly with his "spider-sense", enabling him to combat his foes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man ------------------------------ Marvel Comics  is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide ...

Pikachu  are a  species of Pokémon , fictional creatures that appear in an assortment of video games, animated television shows and movies, trading card games, and comic books licensed by  The Pokémon Company , a Japanese corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachu ------------------------------ Pokémon  is a  media franchise  managed by  The Pokémon Company , a Japanese consortium between  Nintendo ,  Game Freak , and  Creatures . The franchise copyright is shared by all three companies, but Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark. The franchise was created by  Satoshi Tajiri  in 1995, and is centered on  fictional creatures called "Pokémon" , which humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon ------------------------------ A towel is a piece of  absorbent   fabric  or  paper  used fo...

Towelie , voiced by Vernon Chatman , is a talking "RG-400 Smart Towel" introduced in the fifth-season episode " Towelie ". The exact details of his creation are comically confused, but he was apparently genetically engineered to be an alien spying weapon, and was stolen by a paramilitary group before he simply "got high and just sort of wandered off" to South Park. He speaks in a high-pitched voice, and is usually seen either giving towel-related advice to the citizens of South Park or, more often, getting high on cannabis and voicing his permanent confusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_South_Park_characters#Towelie -------------------------------- "Towelie" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American animated sitcom South Park , and the 73rd episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on August 8, 2001. In the episode, the boys attempt to recover the...

Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood ------------------------------ A hand is a prehensile , multi- fingered organ located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans , chimpanzees , monkeys , and lemurs . A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints remarkably similar to human fingerprints ) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon is usually described as having "hands" though opposable thumbs are lacking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand ------------------------------ A towel is a piece of  absorbent   fabric  or  paper  used for drying or wiping a body or a surface. It draws  moisture  through dir...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The film is written and directed by James Gunn and stars an ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt , Zoe Saldana , Dave Bautista , Vin Diesel , Bradley Cooper , Michael Rooker , Karen Gillan , Pom Klementieff , Elizabeth Debicki , Chris Sullivan , Sean Gunn , Sylvester Stallone , and Kurt Russell . In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Guardians travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2 ------------------------------ A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping a body or a surface. It draws moisture thro...