American media and entertainment company, widely considered to be one of the "big two" publishers. Comic Industry Marvel Entertainment, the parent company of the subsidiary, is wholly owned by the Disney Company. Its headquarters can be found in New York City.

Martin Goodman founded Marvel in 1939 under several corporations and imprints. The company is now called Timely Comics and, by 1951, had become Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in 1961 when the company released The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. You can read all marvel comics online via Strip Web.

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After being used for many years, the Marvel brand was established as the primary brand of the company. Marvel has many well-known characters like Spider-Man and Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow and Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and Wolverine, Squirrel Girl etc. There are many superhero teams, including the Avengers, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four.

Supervillains include Doctor Doom, Thanos and Loki. Marvel's fictional characters live in one reality, the Marvel Universe. Many locations are similar to real-life ones. Marvel also publishes licensed properties from other companies. Star Wars comics have been published twice, once in 1977 and 1986, and again in 2015.

Marvel Comics no. 1 was timeless first comic, featured many superhero characters, including the Human Torch as well as the Sub-Mariner. Timely Comics introduced many super heroes during the comics' "Golden Age", in the 1940s. Captain America was first featured in Captain America Comics no. 1. 

In 1950, Timely cancelled the last book in the category it published in the 1940s. Goodman founded his own distribution company in 1951, and Timely Comics was renamed Atlas Magazines. The name of Atlas was changed to Marvel Comics in the 1960s. Over the years, Marvel and DC were among the most prominent companies in the field.