Marvel Comics Archives
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.
In Spider-Boy #5, Bailey Briggs might just get a rematch with his ultimate nightmare—but can he save his friend or his sanity?
Dive into Ressurection of Magneto #3 where the 'easy miracles' of comic deaths turn into a Herculean labor for Storm and Magneto.
Get your wallets ready for another armor-clashing spectacle as Invincible Iron Man #16 rolls out Tony's latest cash-vacuums—err, suits!
Dive into the past with Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1 as we uncover the Sith-y backstory of everyone's favorite Ronin.
In Star Wars: The High Republic #5, Keeve Trennis discovers ancient secrets and faces old fears. Will the force be with her?
Blade #9 sees our favorite daywalker swapping vampire-hunting for undead generalship. Can he out-monster the monsters?
Join the mayhem as Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #2 brings more mutant melee with a side dish of Super-Soldier and spy thrills.
Get ready to be caught in the sticky, overextended web of Marvel's hype machine with Web of Spider-Man #1.
Jango Fett takes on a "brand-new" mission in Star Wars: Jango Fett #1. Come for the bounty, stay for the snark.
Check out our preview of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #2, where family feuds meet super-powered battles with a side of dysfunction.
In Black Panther #10, familial spirits and soul eaters come calling. Will T'Challa's team-up tactics save the day, or is it just another supernatural Sunday?
Check out our sneak peek of Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3, where friends don't let friends dole out vigilante justice alone.
In Marvel's Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances #3, we see if Thrawn's strategic prowess can survive a time-traveling team-up tango.
Just when Spider-Woman #5's Jessica Drew thought her day couldn't get worse, enter Spider-Boy to liven up the gang war aftermath.
Find out what cosmic-level tomfoolery Franklin Richards is up to in Fantastic Four #18, and why Earth's at risk... again.
Check out our preview of Beware the Planet of the Apes #3, proving that apes really don't know how to keep to themselves.
This week in X-Men Forever #1, get ready for answers to questions no one knew they had. Talk about service!
Wedding bands or wrestling belts? Dive into Captain Marvel #6 for a family feud that gives new meaning to "band together.
In Night Thrasher #2, betrayal cuts deep and fashion statements hit the streets. Can Thrasher survive friends and foes alike?
Before the first wave of X-Men: From The Ashes relaunch news hit yesterday, Bleeding Cool had run the following list of rumoured titles;
PrintWatch: More Printings For Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men, Universe, Ghost Rider, Batman, House Of Slaughter, Avengers, I Heart Skull-Crusher
Also at the Marvel Comics SXSW panel was the digital collectible company Veve, known for their extensive licensed NFT offerings.
The X-Men Relaunch trailer dropped at the Marvel Panel at SXSW alongside all the announcements. But let's go through screencaps...
The X-Men SXSW From The Ashes Press Release drops, and SXSW attendees get Exclusive Variant Cover for the new X-direction.
X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Exceptional X-Men joined by Phoenix, X-Factor, Storm, Nyx, X-Force and Wolverine.
Gail Simone and David Marquez’s Uncanny X-Men, Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman’s X-Men, and Eve L. Ewing and Carmen Carnero’s Exceptional X-Men
It's the final day of London Book Fair, and I have been wandering around picking up all manner of stuff, meeting all sorts of people...
It has been pointed out that the new collection of Immortal Thor Volume 1 paperback is a little on the thin side for thirty bucks.
Mary Jane's aunt Anna Watson stars in today's Amazing Spider-Man #45 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero, and she has thoughts.
Today sees Thor Odinson go up against one of his competing mothers' Gaea, to hold her to account in Immortal Thor #8.