Achilles
Greek mythological hero
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| March 4 2025 | Immortal Pillars DLC released, adding the Chinese pantheon as a playable civilization in Age of Mythology: Retold. |
| March 4 2025 | PlayStation 5 version released, coinciding with the launch of the Immortal Pillars expansion. |
| 2024 | Awarded the McClelland Trophy with his team and recognized as the most courageous player. |
| 2024 |
Shazam
Marilyn Batson reappears in the Shazam! series, revealing to Billy that he has a half-brother and expressing her intent to reclaim custody of him.
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| 2023 | In Round 11, Sicily achieved a career-high 43 disposals in a 10-point win against St Kilda. |
| 2023 |
Shazam
During the Lazarus Planet comic event, the transformation rules were changed back, so that speaking 'Shazam' in any context would trigger the lightning-based transformation.
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| 2023 |
Shazam
Appears in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, continuing Djimon Hounsou's portrayal of the character.
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| 2023 |
Shazam
Makes a brief appearance in the Shazam! comic book series, with Billy recalling his transformation and the Wizard's initial reluctance, ultimately entrusting Billy with the Rock of Eternity.
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| July 13 2023 |
Snake Island
Russian forces dropped a single aerial bomb on Snake Island.
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| July 8 2023 |
Snake Island
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Snake Island to commemorate Ukrainian soldiers who defended it.
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| March 2023 |
Unmatched
Restoration Games revealed an upcoming Adventures set featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battling against Shredder and Krang, which is currently in development.
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| March 2023 |
Unmatched
Restoration Games announced the first Adventures set 'Tales to Amaze', introducing two villains (Mothman and Martian Invader) for cooperative play, expanding the Unmatched board game experience.
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| February 2023 | Appointed as the 38th captain of Hawthorn at age 28, succeeding the retired Ben McEvoy. |
| 2022 | Won the Peter Crimmins Medal, a significant individual achievement. |
| 2022 |
Shazam
In Black Adam, the Wizard is revealed to be the sole survivor of the Council of Wizards after Teth-Adam's attack, and he imprisoned Teth-Adam in what would become the tomb of the Crown of Sabbac.
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| 2022 |
Shazam
Djimon Hounsou reprises the role in the DC Extended Universe film Black Adam.
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| November 2022 |
Shazam
DC announced a new Shazam! ongoing series to begin in May 2023, with Mark Waid writing and Dan Mora as artist. In this series, Billy becomes known as 'The Captain' and his foster siblings lose their powers.
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| June 2022 |
Snake Island
Ukrainian forces successfully launched a military campaign to expel Russian troops from Snake Island, using Western-supplied weapons like HIMARS rocket systems.
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| June 7 2022 |
Shazam
Shazam! Thundercrack graphic novel released both online and in print.
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| May 16 2022 | Announced a 5-year contract extension with Hawthorn, tying him to the club until at least the end of 2027. |
| March 29 2022 |
Snake Island
The Defence Ministry of Ukraine announced that the speaker of the famous defiant phrase was freed from captivity and awarded a medal for bravery.
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| February 24 2022 |
Snake Island
Russian naval warships Vasily Bykov and Moskva attacked Snake Island. Ukrainian border guards famously responded 'Russian warship, go fuck yourself' during the initial attack. Russian forces subsequently landed and captured the island on the same day.
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| 2021 |
The Song of Achilles
The book experiences a significant sales boost after being featured in a viral TikTok video, demonstrating the power of social media in driving book sales.
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| 2021 |
Shazam
Raven and Neron's plot is revealed, resulting in Shazam's powers being redirected to the Rock of Eternity, which Raven absorbs. Billy mysteriously disappears, and his fate remains unknown.
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| 2021 |
Shazam
During the Future State event, a potential future version of Billy Batson is introduced, showcasing enhanced magical abilities learned from Raven at the Teen Titans Academy.
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| 2021 |
Shazam
Shazam begins secretly killing super-villains and heroes who oppose his views, including the Question (Drake), Jakeem Thunder, Johnny Thunder, and the Creeper.
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| 2021 |
Shazam
His future counterpart is killed by the Unkindness, disrupting his presence and causing the Shazam Family's powers to become unreliable.
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| May 27 2021 |
Shazam
Cartoonist Yehudi Mercado announced as writer and artist for Shazam! Thundercrack, a middle-grade graphic novel tied to the 2019 Shazam! movie.
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| March 2021 |
Unmatched
The first winners of the deck design contest were announced: The Genie, Houdini, Rosie the Riveter, and Shakespeare were selected as winning character decks.
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| 2020 | Represented the Victoria Australian rules football team. |
| 2020 | Sustained an ACL injury that caused him to miss the entire 2021 season. |
| 2020 |
Shazam
In the comic series Dear Becky, a dark storyline depicts the Boys kidnapping and mutilating the Billy Batson/Shazam character by cutting out his tongue to prevent him from using his superhero powers.
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| November 2020 |
Shazam
The third volume of Shazam! was cancelled with issue #15, with Geoff Johns citing the COVID-19 pandemic and artist Dale Eaglesham's desire to take a break as reasons for discontinuing the book.
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| July 2020 |
Unmatched
Restoration Games held a deck design contest, inviting fans to submit their own character decks, receiving over three hundred entries.
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| July 18 2020 |
Snake Island
Snake Island was transferred from Kiliia Raion to Izmail Raion as part of Ukraine's administrative reform.
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| 2019 | Selected in the extended All-Australian squad, the only Hawthorn player to do so. Re-signed with the club until at least 2022. |
| 2019 |
Achilles and Patroclus
Celsiana Warwick writes 'We Two Alone', proposing that Achilles and Patroclus had a homoerotic conjugal bond that subverted contemporary relationship norms.
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| 2019 |
Shazam
In the Shazam! film, the Wizard chooses Billy Batson as his successor after rejecting Doctor Sivana, and seemingly dies by crumbling to dust after the confrontation.
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| 2019 |
Shazam
Portrayed by Djimon Hounsou in the DC Extended Universe film Shazam!, representing the New 52 version of the character.
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| 2019 |
Mary Marvel
Mary Bromfield makes her cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film Shazam!, played by Grace Fulton and Michelle Borth.
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| 2019 |
Unmatched
Unmatched board game was originally released by Restoration Games and Mondo Tees, introducing a skirmish-style battle game featuring characters from mythology and pop culture.
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| September 2019 |
Unmatched
First three Unmatched sets were released to retail stores after the successful Gen Con debut.
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| September 2019 |
Unmatched
The first three Unmatched game sets were released to retail stores.
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| August 2019 |
Unmatched
Unmatched was first made available for sale at Gen Con, where the entire early production run sold out completely.
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| August 19 2019 |
Age of Empires
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition released on both Windows Store and Steam with cross-play functionality, and became available through Xbox Game Pass for PC.
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| May 2019 |
Age of Empires
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's Xbox division, announced that Age of Empires products would no longer be exclusive to the Windows Store and would be released on Steam.
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| 2018 | Sicily was suspended for one match for kneeing Geelong captain Joel Selwood. He broke bones in his wrist in Round 17 but returned during the finals series. |
| 2018 |
Posthomerica
Neil Hopkinson published a Loeb edition with English translation of Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica through Harvard University Press.
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