Historically, Black Panther failed to see the same level of fame as other Marvel superheroes. Despite the lack of Spider-Man level mainstream success, readers praised the comics for their artful storytelling and complex emotional struggles. Now with the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...

One Punch Man is a Japanese action-comedy series created by ONE, that began as a webcomic in 2009. The webcomic gained a significant fanbase, accumulating over 7 million views as of 2012. A digital manga remake of the series began in 2012 on Tonari no Young Jump, featuring illus...

Wonder Woman made history as the first mainstream female superhero. Ever since, she’s been a symbol of feminism, wisdom, and strength for women all over the world. She’s also been used as a proxy to debate gender roles and as a basis to discuss the representation of women in medi...

Overwatch is a popular first-person shooter video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Released in 2016 for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One, the game quickly rose in popularity with universal acclaim, favorable reviews, and an open beta that amassed 9.7 million players. Wit...

Deadpool is a fictional character that appears within the American comic books series published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefield. His first appearance was in The New Mutants #98 in February of 1991. At first, Deadpool is por...

Dr. Angela “Mercy” Ziegler was the head of medical research for the Overwatch group, utilizing her knowledge in nanobiology to create technology that allowed soldiers to recover from injury at a greatly accelerated rate. She is a field medic from Switzerland who is one of the mos...

The Hulk is a fictional superhero that appears in the American comic books series published by Marvel Comics. He was created with the creative minds of two individuals, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The Hulk made his first appearance in the debut issue of The Incredible Hulk in May 19...

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The Joker is a supervillain that makes an appearance throughout the Batman comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson. Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind with a sadistic sense of humor. In the 1950s the Joker became mo...

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Captain America is a superhero who appears throughout the Marvel Comics series. He was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and made his first appearance in March 1941. He wears a costume that bears an American flag motif and uses a red, white, and blue shield. Captain America, al...

Persona is a Japanese Role Playing Game (JRPG) developed by Atlus. The series began in 1996 with a PlayStation game titled Revelations: Persona. Since then, multiple more games in the series have been released, including various spin-off games. The series saw a great rise in popu...

The Flash is a superhero within the American comic books series published by DC Comics. He was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. The Flash made his first appearance in Flash Comics #1 back in January of 1940. Throughout all incarnations, the Flash’s key char...

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Pokémon is a widely popular series of games created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori, and owned by the Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures). The first two Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green were released in Japan on the Nintendo Game Boy in February ...

Doctor Strange is a character that appears within the American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Doctor Strange made his first appearance in July 1963 in the Strange Tales #110 comic book. Doctor Strange is the...

It has been terrifying audiences since the novel came out in 1986. While the terrifying hallucinations featured in the story are scary enough, the titular “It,” Pennywise the Dancing Clown, is the standout horror of the series. For horror fans that collect creepy merchandise, Pen...

Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a dark fantasy anime series created by an artist collective called Magica Quartet. The anime was animated by Japanese animation studio Shaft, also known for its adaptation of the Monogatari light novel series. The series aired from January 2011 to Apr...

The 2016 film Suicide Squad earned 65.1 million dollars on opening night and developed a cult following from there. Most fans admit the plot of the movie was weak, but the greatest appeal of the film was its characters. The most popular breakout from the film was Margot Robbie’s,...

This figure features Madoka Kaname, the protagonist of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, in a floral pink yukata with a yellow obi. The fans are able to enjoy a different version of their favorite character. Instead of her usual school uniform or the magical girl outfit she wears a trad...

The X-Men are a team of fictional superheroes from the American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The series was written by writer Stan Lee and co-writer/artist Jack Kirby. Since the initial release of the first X-Men comic back in 1963, it has spawned a very successful mul...

Re:Zero - Life in a Different World from Zero is a web novel series written by Nagatsuki Tappei which he began publishing on Shousetsuka ni Narou in April 2012. The series later received a light novel adaptation published by Media Factory in January 2014 and has since spanned ove...

Wolverine is a character within the American comic book series X-Men that was published by Marvel Comics. The X-Men series was written by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby after the high popularity of other Marvel comic books. X-Men saw its first comic book release in 1963, but Wolverine h...

Starting out as a Japanese manga series produced by Akira Amano, Reborn!, also known as Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, follows the story of Tsunayoshi Sawada a young Japanese student who discovers that he is the next member in line to become the boss of the Mafia crime organization, the...

Predator is a multimedia franchise that focuses on science-fiction action anthology. The franchise centers on the film series which details mankind’s encounter with the “Predators”. The series began with the film Predator in 1987. This film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and...

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Star Wars is perhaps the largest science fiction franchise in the world. With 9 main story films, 2 anthologies, 7 television series, over 50 comic book series, and countless novels, the extended universe is overwhelmingly big. At any given time, there are hundreds of figure styl...

Sword Art Online is a web novel series written by Reki Kawahara that began in 2001. The series has since been adapted into a light novel series by ASCII Media Works, and a widely popular anime series by A-1 Pictures.

Even outside of the Star Wars franchise, Darth Vader is one of the most recognizable film characters of all time. He stands out with his jet black futuristic design and status as the original antagonist of the series. The addition of the prequels only adds more dimension to the m...

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The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise has been a feature of children’s television and toy stores since the early 1990s. Despite the popularity of Super Sentai in Japan, bringing the concept to the US was difficult. However, since the original broadcast on Fox Kids, an entry ...

The Legend of Zelda is a popular video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and developed by Nintendo. The first Legend of Zelda game was released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and there are now 19 games across all of Nintendo's major ...

Toy Story changed the animation industry when it premiered in 1995. As the first fully computer-animated film, it set a new precedent for animation to follow, leading to the mostly computer-generated animation of today. More importantly, it had a wonderful story. Children and adu...

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Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television that was created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for HBO. Game of Thrones is an adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire. The first book of this series was titled A Game of Thrones...

Touhou Project (lit. "East Project") is originally a series of over 15 top-down scroller games in the genre of "danmaku", or "bullet hell" that first saw light as far back as in 1996 on the NEC PC-9800 platform and developed by a one-man crew, Jun&#...

The Harry Potter series reshaped children’s literature and defined a generation of kids in the early 2000s. It remains a culturally enduring series, with app games and new theme parks opening around the world. While the original series films may have ended, spinoffs are getting a...

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Resident Evil Series is a Japanese horror media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara. The franchise is owned by the video game company Capcom and focuses on a series of games, films, comic books, novels, and more. The first video game in the series to be release...

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Godzilla is a fictional monster originating from a series of Japanese films of the same name. Godzilla first appeared in the 1954 film Godzilla created by Ishiro Honda, and become a worldwide pop culture icon. Since the initial release back in 1954, there have been various forms ...

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Sega’s mascot and flagship game series, Sonic the Hedgehog, debuted in 1992. Since then the franchise has gone through a roller coaster of ups and downs trying to compete in the system home game market. Sega may not produce consoles anymore, but both the company and Sonic endured...

Touken Ranbu was originally a collectible card game played from browsers that are free to play but they are only available in Japan. It is developed by Nitroplus and published by DMM Games. Players assume the role of a sage who safeguards the past using the power of legendary sw...

Halo is a science fiction American military media franchise published by Xbox Game Studios. The early installments of the franchise were developed by Bungie before later being turned over to 343 Industries. The three original video games within the Halo series are first-person sh...

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Almost instantaneously, Fortnite became a worldwide gaming sensation. It influenced cultural trends outside of the gaming community, inspiring TikTok dances and Jeopardy! trivia. From an outside perspective, the game is hard to pin down because it does so many things at once. Fro...

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