John Lennon (Earth-616)

Early Life[]

He was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He met Paul McCartney in 1957 and invited McCartney to join his music group along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr forming The Beatles. They eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left the Beatles in 1969 and later released albums with his wife, Yoko Ono, among others.^{[citation needed]}

Yoko and Lennon were some of the many celebrities who came to visit the retired hero; Isaiah Bradley.^[1]

The Fantastic Four[]

The Thing and Human Torch took their dates out to see the Beatles perform live.^[2] The Beatles wig that Thing wore was given to him by the Yancy Street Gang.^[3]

John and the Beatles attended, Reed Richards and Sue Storm's wedding with a host of other celebrities and heroes.^[4]

Death[]

• Dustin Weaver based Spider-Man (Aaron Aikman)'s appearance on Yosuke Mikura (from Barbara by Osamu Tezuka) and John Lennon.^[6]
• The title of the issue War Machine #6 is taken from John Lennon's 1970 song "Instant Karma!".^[7]
• As John Lennon is a real-life individual, his appearances in the "Silver-Age" of Earth-616 should always be considered topical reference per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616.

• Emma Frost discovered that the mutant Resurrection Protocols didn't work on humans when she tried (and failed) to resurrect John Lennon.^[8]