Marvel Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media that was founded in 1939 as Timely Comics. In 1961, Marvel launched titles like The Fantastic Four created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko which featured superheroes and marked Marvel's modern incarnation. In 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics' parent company, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Marvel Comics features well-known characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, and teams like the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Most Marvel characters operate in a single universe known as the Marvel Universe, with locations based on real cities.
Marvel Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media that was founded in 1939 as Timely Comics. In 1961, Marvel launched titles like The Fantastic Four created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko which featured superheroes and marked Marvel's modern incarnation. In 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics' parent company, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Marvel Comics features well-known characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, and teams like the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Most Marvel characters operate in a single universe known as the Marvel Universe, with locations based on real cities.
Marvel Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media that was founded in 1939 as Timely Comics. In 1961, Marvel launched titles like The Fantastic Four created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko which featured superheroes and marked Marvel's modern incarnation. In 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics' parent company, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Marvel Comics features well-known characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, and teams like the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Most Marvel characters operate in a single universe known as the Marvel Universe, with locations based on real cities.
Marvel Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media that was founded in 1939 as Timely Comics. In 1961, Marvel launched titles like The Fantastic Four created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko which featured superheroes and marked Marvel's modern incarnation. In 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics' parent company, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Marvel Comics features well-known characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, and teams like the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Most Marvel characters operate in a single universe known as the Marvel Universe, with locations based on real cities.
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Marvel Comics
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This article is about the comic book company using this name beginning in 1961. For the earlier comic book series, see Marvel Mystery Comics.
Marvel Comics
Parent company
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
(The Walt Disney Company)
Status
Active
Founded
1939 (as Timely Comics)
Country of origin
US
Headquarters
135 W. 50th Street, New York City
location
Key people
Axel Alonso (EIC)
Dan Buckley (publisher, COO) Stan Lee (former EIC, publisher)
Publication types
Comics/See List of Marvel Comics publications
Fiction genres
Crime, horror, mystery, romance, science
fiction, war, Western, superheroes
Imprints Revenue Official website
imprint list US$125.7 million (2007) Official website
Marvel Worldwide Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company. Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created byStan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk,Thor, the Silver Surfer, Daredevil and Ghost Rider, such teams as the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy andX-Men, and antagonists such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Loki, Thanos, Hydra and the Red Skull. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locations that mirror real-life cities. Characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Daredevil and Dr. Strange are based in New York City,[1][2]whereas the X-Men have historically been based in Salem Center, New York[3][4][5] and the Hulk's stories often have been set in the American Southwest.[6] In 2013, Marvel held a 33.50% share of the comics market, compared to its competitor DC Comics' 30.33% share. By comparison, the companies held 40.81% and 29.94% shares in 2008, respectively.[7]
