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Other Comic Companies Comic Book Urban Legends
* Charlton printed its comics using a cereal box press.
* For almost a decade, there were born again Christian comics produced starring the Archie characters.
*The film Hardware just took the movie’s story from a 2000 AD comic.
* US Postal Laws made for some interesting comic title transitions.
* Firebreather was originally the son of Fin Fang Foom
* John Byrne’s 2112 was initially designed as a launch of Marvel 2099.
* Elvis Presley based his famous hairstyle upon Captain Marvel, Jr.
* The character Nightveil had to take her name because of violating a DC Comics trademark.
* William Gaines pretty-much single-handedly destroyed 3-D comic books.
* Mad became a magazine because of the Comics Code.
* Gyro Gearloose was cut off from the rest of the Uncle Scrooge gang due to postal rules.
* Plastic Man was originally named India Rubber Man.
* M.I.T. once cribbed design work for a multi-million dollar grant from a comic book!
* Daredevil Comics #2 was created over a weekend.
* An inventor was denied a Dutch patent due to a Carl Barks’ Donald Duck story.
* An extortionist calling himself Uncle Scrooge baffled German police for years.
* There was a fourth nephew named Phooey.
* Steve Skeates once had to change The Question’s dialogue by a rather odd decision by Steve Ditko.
* Warren Kremer created Richie Rich.
* Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare never made a comic appearance until the late 90s!
* Archie cancelled a series after two issues because of a threat of a DC Comics lawsuit.
* Donald Duck discovered methylene.
* Matt Murdock appeared in the first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* A superhero once ceased appearing in his own comic book!
* Harvey created Little Aubrey to avoid having to license Little Lulu.
* A comic character was made an actual citizen in Japan!
* In Japan, the re-runs of Astro Boy they use are sub-titled American versions.
* Top Cow Studios was going to be called Ballistic Studios
