Context and question: Timely's first publication, Marvel Comics #1 (cover dated Oct. 1939), included the first appearance of Carl Burgos' android superhero the Human Torch, and the first appearances of Bill Everett's anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, among other features. The issue was a great success, with it and a second printing the following month selling, combined, nearly 900,000 copies. While its contents came from an outside packager, Funnies, Inc., Timely had its own staff in place by the following year. The company's first true editor, writer-artist Joe Simon, teamed with artist and emerging industry notable Jack Kirby to create one of the first patriotically themed superheroes, Captain America, in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941). It, too, proved a hit, with sales of nearly one million. Goodman formed Timely Comics, Inc., beginning with comics cover-dated April 1941 or Spring 1941.
What was Bill Everett's job title?
Answer: unanswerable
Context and question: The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition. Prior to the start of the first Premier League season Alan Shearer became the first British player to command a transfer fee of more than 3 million. The record rose steadily in the Premier League's first few seasons, until Alan Shearer made a record breaking 15 million move to Newcastle United in 1996. The three highest transfer in the sport's history had a Premier League club on the selling end, with Tottenham Hotspur selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for 85 million in 2013, Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for 80 million in 2009, and Liverpool selling Luis Suarez to Barcelona for 75 million in 2014.
In 2009, what was the transfer fee for Cristiano Ronaldo?
Answer: Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for 80 million in 2009,
Context and question: Because of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance. On May 14, UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families.
Why did the world community notice the need for help?
Answer:
magnitude of the quake