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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 (asTimely Comics)
Country of origin United States
Headquarters 135W.50th Street,NewYork City
location
Key people
Axel Alonso,EIC
Dan Buckley, publisher, COO
Stan Lee, formerEIC, publisher
Publication Comics/SeeList of Marvel Comics publications
types
Fiction genres Crime, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, war,
Western, superheroes
Imprints imprint list
US$125.7 million(2007)
Revenue
Official website www.marvel.com
Marvel Worldwide Inc., commonly referred to asMarvel Comicsand formerlyMarvel Publishing,
Inc.andMarvel Comics Group, is an American publisher ofcomic 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 Fourand other superhero titles created by Stan 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, theFantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men, and antagonists such
as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Loki, Thanos, 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, whereas the X-Men have
[1][2]
historically been based in Salem Center, New York, and the Hulk's stories often have been
[3][4][5] 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. [7]