MARVEL

Marvel Comics

In 1939 Martin Goodman created Timely Comics, the first comic book was Marvel Comics no. 1. This comic book featured many superheroes, like Human Torch and Sub-Mariner. In many of the comics were portrayed as fighting the Nazis and Japanese before the US even entered WW2. Many of the Timely Comics characters were introduced during the “Golden Age” of comics. In 1950 Timely Comics canceled the last of its books in the comic genre, but in 1951 Goodman created his own company. In 1951 Timely Comics became Atlas Magazines, then in the early 1960s Atlas became Marvel Comics. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Marvel switched owners many times, eventually becoming bankrupt due to questionable management in 1996. In 1998 Marvel Comics defeated bankruptcy and began to be more diverse, with launching imprints, and expanding its cinematic offerings. In 2007 Marvel began publishing digital comics, and in 2009 Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Comics.