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The Philippine Islands had cultural and trading links to East and the rest of Southeast Asia long before European colonization. Ferdinand Magellan discovered them for Spain in 1521 during his voyage of circumnavigation, but he was then killed in battle by one of the local chiefs (see below). Spanish colonization efforts began in earnest decades later, in 1565. The country was named after the Spanish monarch (then prince) Philip II.
The Philippines was ruled as a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (which also included [[Mexico]] and other parts of Latin America) until the Mexican Revolution. Through the centuries, the Spanish had to contend with Dutch and English designs on the country,<ref>At one point during the [[Seven Years' War]], British forces even occupied Manila.</ref> and even the odd Chinese pirate warlord or two.<ref>Among the most notorious being [http://www.watawat.net/limahong_the_pirate_and_his_kingdom.html Limahong], who raided the Philippines in the late 16th century].</ref> The country also saw various revolts through the years, and the heavily Muslim Mindanao region in the south was never completely subjugated. Despite sporadic attempts at reform, decades of unrest culminated in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 that led to independence being declared on June 12, 1898.
The [[Spanish American War]] complicated things, as the US joined the fight against Spain in 1898 but then annexed the islands from Spain that same year. The Filipinos now found themselves [[Philippine–American War|resisting new masters]], but by the second decade of the 20th century things had quieted down (relatively). A Commonwealth was inaugurated in 1935 in order to prepare the country for full independence in 1945. But it was occupied by the Japanese during [[World War Two]], its people fighting the Japanese fiercely with guerrilla warfare (as they had fought the Spanish and Americans). On July 4, 1946, the US granted independence to the country, which today is celebrated as Philippine-American Friendship Day.
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* Filipino-American artist Whilce Portacio intended ''[[X-Men]]'' character Bishop to be Filipino, but the higher ups decided that his lineage be of Aboriginal-Australian origin.
* And when Whilce got to do his own book, ''Wetworks'', he took the opportunity to put in a number of Filipino shout-outs, like at least one character exclaiming "Susmaryosep!" (a Filipino shortening of the classic Western exclamation "Jesus Mary Joseph") and having Filipina celebrity Regine Velasquez portrayed as a reporter. The Vampire Nation is said to be inspired by the Philippine mythological creature, the ''aswang''.
* Leinel Francis Yu had also taken some opportunities to put in some Filipino shoutouts, like in his work with writer [[Mark Waid]], ''[[Superman: Birthright]]'', where the popular Philipine fast-food chain ''Chowking'' can be seen on one scene and where [[Superman]] mentions the Filipinos as one of his inspirations for his costume.
* And speaking of [[Mark Waid]], at one or two points in his career he had a curious frequency of Filipino shoutouts, like the ones in ''Superman: Birthright''. In his ''[[Flash]]'' story ''The Return of Barry Allen'' Linda was wearing a World War II jacket with a Philippine flag on it, and another popular Philippine fastfood chain, ''Jollibee'', could be seen in one panel. And in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', at the part where {{spoiler|[[Superman]] starts to bring the whole United Nations building down on the people inside it, one of his would-be victims seems to be Filipino; [[Blind Idiot Translation|spelling and grammar issues]] aside, he calls Superman a "''sira'' (broken) ''ulo'' (head)," a Filipino term for crazy, who is about to kill (''papatayin'').}}
* In the [[Twilight]] graphic novel, Bella does a web search on vampires; one of the search results is for "danag", a vampire from Filipino folklore.
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