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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.
Maybe he should be Schrödinger's Doctor Strange. BC reported on the two versions of Doctor Strange's death at the end of Blood Hunt #1.
Moira not being X-Men's Final Big Bad topped traffic at Bleeding Cool, followed by Cyclops, Jean Grey & Wolverine not being a throuple.
Will the X-Men survive the chaos in X-Men '97 #3? Or will they go up in flames as usual? Some serious drama awaits!
Love is in the air—or maybe just awkwardness—in Spectacular Spider-Men #3 as Peter Parker and Miles Morales go on a double date.
Get ready for heartbreak: Sensational She-Hulk #8 concludes Jen's space adventure with Jack of Hearts. Can your heart handle it?
Tom Brevoort, tackled the topic of the Krakoan Throuple, Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine from House Of X and the Krakoan Age.
Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn and Dalibor Talajic remains one of Marvel's most popular comic collections ever published.
X-Men's Big Krakoan Villain was meant to be someone other than Moira Mactaggert... but who was it? And will we ever know?
Otto Octavius as Spider-Boy? Marvel's jumping the shark with Superior Spider-Man #7. Check out our preview!
It's a match made in comic book heaven: Black Widow and Hawkeye #3 has poison, vindictive symbiotes, and old enemies! What could go wrong?
In Predator: The Last Hunt #4, Theta faces off against the ultimate predator for the most glorious prize: a gruesome death.
The underworld of Chicago is heating up in Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #3. Who will control the hellfire? Find out this Wednesday!
With T'Challa presumed dead, Shuri takes the throne in Ultimate Black Panther #4. But at what cost? Find out this Wednesday!
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #1 sees Gwen Stacy stuck in the 616 universe. What's a spider to do when feeling homesick?
What happens when Orchis backs the X-Men into a corner? Find out in Fall of the House of X #5 as the fate of mutantkind hangs in the balance.
In Blood Hunt #2, Earth's finest are in shambles, and now it's up to Doctor Strange to save the world from a vampire-dominated apocalypse.
Loki meets Venom in Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 #3. Will their union be the perfect storm of mischief and mayhem Marvel fans deserve?
Leia Organa launches a desperate mission to save Mon Mothma and Lando in Star Wars #46. Will it rescue the Rebellion or Limbo Calrissian?
The children of Odin reunite for a dramatic search in the upcoming Immortal Thor #11. Expect epic family drama and divine shenanigans.
Get ready for some bloody heroics in Union Jack: The Ripper - Blood Hunt #1 as our favorite British hero takes on vampires in London.
The Green Goblin is back in Amazing Spider-Man #50, proving once and for all that some villains just never take a hint.
Archie Goodwin To Get An Exhibition At The Oklahoma Museum Of Popular Culture When It Opens
PrintWatch: Blood Hunt, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimates, X-Men '97, Ain't Got No Grave, Black Lagoon, Briar, Gun Honey Get More Printings
Greg Land, Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing draw forth Venom War: Spider-Man #1, a four-issue series launching in August.
Marvel is giving the chance for those who subscribe to the Marvel Insider loyalty reward programme, a chance to appear in an upcoming comic.
Rob Liefeld's Final Deadpool Comic, Deadpool Team-Up, For August 2024
Bleeding Cool reported that it looked like Nigerian comic book writer Murewa Ayodele would be the writer of the new Storm solo series.
The nominations for the Eisner Awards have been announced, for San Diego Comic-Con in July, with Kelly Thompson getting five noms.
Marvel has announced the new Dazzler solo comic is by Jason Loo and Rafael Loureiro and will launch in September, in a Taylor Swift style.
The nature of Ultimate X-Men is beginning to emerge; a bunch of school friends discovering each other and creating their own team in Japan.