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Marvel Comics was started by pulp publisher Martin Goodman in 1939 with the anthology comic book title Marvel Comics (which was changed to Marvel Mystery Comics with issue #2). During the golden age of comics, the publisher developed a popular core of characters including Captain America, Bucky, Human Torch, Submariner, Miss America, Golden Girl, Red Skull, and many others by creators such as Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Bill Everett, Stan Lee, and others.
Goodman used a number of corporate brands for Marvel throughout his tenure, including Timely Publications, Atlas Comics. The company was one of the largest publishers of Pre-Code Horror comic books during the early 1950s.
During the years following World War II, like many comic book publishers, the company transitioned to horror, crime, romance, and western titles among others. Marvel titles from this era include Journey into Mystery, Marvel Tales, Strange Tales, Venus, and countless others.
But the 1961 debut of The Fantastic Four signalled the start of the Marvel Universe we're familiar with today. Characters and teams such as Hulk, Ant Man, Wasp, Avengers, X-Men and more by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, and others became the foundational characters which Marvel has expanded upon since that time.
In 1968, a company called Perfect Film and Chemical Corporation acquired Marvel from founder Martin Goodman. Marvel was acquired by film and media company New World Entertainment in 1986. New World sold the publisher to Ronald Perelman in 1989, who took the company public.
After riding high on a booming comics market and trading cards and other merchandise through the next few years, but its fortunes quickly turned with a slumping industry and other factors, and Marvel filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 1996.
Toy Biz, headed by Avi Arad and Isaac Perlmutter, acquired Marvel the next year, ending the bankruptcy. In 2004, Marvel Studios' acquired funding from Merrill Lynch to self-finance its own films, and with the 2008 debut of Iron Man, the company's rise to prominence in both the American and global film industry began. The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment on December 31, 2009, for $4 Billion.
Marvel has now confirmed, a new West Coast Avengers series launching for November written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Danny Kim.
Steve Foxe and Amand Bodnar's Beastly Buddies For Marvel Comics Announced at San Diego Comic-Con As A Webtoon
Announced at San Diego Comic-Con by Kevin Feige and C.B. Cebulski, Marvel will launch Katharyn Blair and Pere Perez's TVA.
Marvel Comics Run Doctor Doom a Thing Variants As Well As Surprise Fantastic Four Comics, Revealed at San Diego Comic-Con
Marvel Extend Facsimiles to Fantastic Four #1-12 and the Death Of Phoenix with Uncanny X-Men #131 to #142, next year
Marvel Comics is to launch a brand new Fantastic Four team, to be announced later at San Diego Comic-Con "Next Big Thing" panel
Marvel Launch a New Young Superhero Team in 2025 to Chanage The World, Announced At San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Marvel Comics Is To Launch A Brand New Spider-Girl Character, And She Was Just Announced At San Diego Comic-Con
Yup, here we go, Marvel Comics is to kill off Deadpool and replace him with a female Deadpool called Ellie Wilson going forward.
Marvel to Launch New Ultimate Comics Monthly & Ultimate One Year Later, announcing at San Diego Comic-Con.
Here's the comic book industry gossip that reached me in London from the late night bard of Day One Proper of San Diego Comic-Con 2024.
The comic book creators named and given "special thanks" in Deadpool & Wolverine credits. And yes that includes Roy Thomas for Wolverine.
Krakoa, In The Time Of From The Ashes With NYX And X-Men... and now someone has turned the Bonus Page on as well.
The NYX #1 X-Men From The Ashes QR Code Bonus Page by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Francesco Mortarino is not working... yet
This week sees three spinoff event titles, Strange Academy Blood Hunt #3, Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #7, and Wolverine Blood Hunt #4.
Bleeding Cool can indeed confirm that Taylor Swift is in Deadpool And Wolverine. Which Deadpool And Wolverine? That's a different matter.
Ike Perlmutter Sells All His Marvel/Disney Shares For $3 Billion, But Pledges To Buy Them Back When Disney Stock Crashes
Marvel has sent out the notice "New Psylocke Comic Series To Be Announced At San Diego Comic-Con!" With exclamation marks and everything.
Two Days until San Diego Comic-Con 2024 kicks off, with lots of exclusive and exclusively covered comic books, for the occasion.
A new Marvel maxi-comic book series, Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising, by Alex Segura , Leonard Kirk and Stefano Raffaele.
In Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #3, the students face a vampiric crisis and turn to an unlikely ally. Will Doctor Doom play nice with the magical munchkins?
In Ultimate Black Panther #6, T'Challa faces off against the empowered Ra and Khonshu. Can Wakanda withstand the might of these lunar deities, or will the Black Panther's risky gambit backfire?
This October, Steve Orlando, Álvaro López, and Laura Braga’s Star Wars: Ewoks tell a new saga set directly after the events of Return of the Jedi
In Captain America #11, Steve Rogers grapples with a moral dilemma as he finds the last change agent. Meanwhile, betrayal lurks within his inner circle. Plus: Deadpool/Wolverine action!
Wolverine: Blood Hunt #4 hits stores this week, with Logan facing his toughest challenge yet: becoming the vampire king. Will he succumb to the bite, or claw his way out?
In Venom: Separation Anxiety #3, Eddie Brock faces a purple-powered nemesis and an army of foes. Can Venom overcome his weakening state to save the world?
In Deadpool and Wolverine: WWIII #3, the epic showdown reaches its climax. Will Wolverine survive his toughest test? Is Deadpool truly gone? Find out in this blood-soaked finale!
Star Wars: Darth Vader #48 hits stores this week, exploring the tantalizing possibility of Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side. Will the Sith get a new apprentice?
Marvel promoted NYX #1 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Francesco Mortarino, asking "WHO IS THE KRAKOAN?"
Venomverse Reborn #2 hits stores this Wednesday, bringing us symbiote shenanigans across the multiverse. Viking Venom? Mini-Marvels mayhem? It's all here, folks!