Daily Bugle News" and the "New York Post", two popular real-life New York City tabloids. The "Daily Bugle" is featured prominently in many Marvel Comics titles, especially those in which Spider-Man is the lead character. In 1996, a three-issue (black and white) limited series was printed. Since 2006, Marvel has published a monthly "Daily Bugle" newspaper reporting on the company's publications and authors. Marvel earlier used the newspaper format to promote Marvel's crossover events "Civil War" and "House of M"—reporting on storyline events as if the comic book "Daily Bugle" had come to life. Marvel restored this promotional function for the 2007
Superhero the debut of sci-fi/horror series Ultra Q created by Eiji Tsuburaya this would eventually lead on to the sequel Ultraman, spawning a successful franchise focused upon the Giant Hero subgenre where the Superheroes would be as big as giant monsters (Kaiju) that they fought. In 1971, "Kamen Rider" launched the "Henshin Boom" on Japanese television in the early 1970s, greatly impacting the tokusatsu superhero genre in Japan. In 1972, the "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" anime debuted, which built upon the superhero team idea of the live-action "Phantom Agents" as well as introducing different colors for team members and special vehicles