MARVEL INTRO

 MARVEL HISTORY

Marvel Comics is the brand name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company.

Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman under a number of corporations and imprints but now known as Timely Comics,^[3] and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years, was solidified as the company's primary brand.

Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Wolverine, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, She-Hulk, the Vision, the Falcon, the Winter Soldier, Ghost Rider, Blade, Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales, the Punisher and Deadpool. Superhero teams exist such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

The Marvel universe also features well-known supervillains including Doctor Doom, Magneto, Thanos, Loki, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Red Skull, Ultron, the Mandarin, MODOK, Doctor Octopus, Kang, Dormammu, Venom and Galactus. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with most locations mirroring real-life places; many major characters are based in New York City.^[4] Additionally, Marvel has published several licensed properties from other companies. This includes Star Wars comics twice from 1977 to 1986 and again since 2015.

SUMMARIZATION:-

Parent company	Marvel Entertainment, LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
Status	Active
Founded	1939; 82 years ago (as Timely Comics) 1947; 74 years ago (as Magazine Management) 1961; 60 years ago (as Marvel Comics)
Founder	Martin Goodman
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	135 W. 50th Street, New York City
Distribution	Penguin Random House Publisher Services (direct market starting October 2021)[1] Diamond Comic Distributors (sub-distributor through Penguin Random House starting October 2021, direct market until October 2021) Hachette Book Group Client Services (trade paperbacks and graphic novels)[2]
Key people	C. B. Cebulski (EIC) John Nee (Publisher) Stan Lee (Former EIC, publisher, writer)
Publication types	Comics/See List of Marvel Comics publications
Fiction genres	Superhero Science fiction Fantasy Action Adventure
Imprints	imprint list
Official website	www.marvel.com

STARTING COMICS OF THE MARVEL:-