Marvel comics has had a long and interesting history, from their first comic back in 1939 to present day. They are currently one of the most successful comic book industries of all time along with DC. Marvel is known for having some of the greatest comic storyline of all time with great characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Daredevil, the Uncanny X-Men, and many more. Even though DC has arguably better villains such as the Joker Marvel is still home to some of the greatest villains of all time such as Ultron, the Green Goblin and the Mad Titan himself, Thanos! Marvel has been named the house of ideas for it’s creative and inventive storylines that shock and thrill us nerds everytime we read one. So let's dive into the history of one …show more content…
Stan Lee was only sixteen when he joined Marvel Comics which at the time was named Timely Comics and was started by Martin Goodman. Its first publication was Marvel Comics #1 (Oct 1939), featuring the second appearance of Carl Burgos’ android superhero, the Human Torch, and the generally available appearance of Bill Everett’s mutant anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner (Harras, Bob. “Marvel Comics History and Marvel Comics Background). With World War 2 in motion Marvel came up with a new comic book character that would become one of the most popular comic characters of all time, Captain America! Captain America was created to be an embodiment of America, his first appearance in Captain America #1 we saw him punching Hitler in the face. These three are really the only three comic character from the original comics that would last to become anything big. Stan Lee soon was aloud to do more and more with the comics, though he was still played eight dollars a week, he was soon aloud to write his own comic. His first ever comic book creation was the destroyer, who today is barely even known to fans. The 1960’s-1970’s were the greatest time for Marvel. New characters were being created, and new people were bringing new ideas for amazing storylines and fiendish new villains. This time saw the creation of heroes such as The Fantastic Four, Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, The Punisher, Doctor Strange, …show more content…
It was Captain America. Later many live action tv shows would come out such as 1978’s the Incredible Hulk, Spidey Super Stories which ran from 1974-77, and The Amazing Spider Man which ran from 1977-79. They of course had to compete with the Adam West 1966 television series Batman, which was the most popular show at the time shutting down the Munsters and the Addams family. It also came with animated tv shows such as The Incredible Hulk, The Sub-Mariner, and The Invincible Iron Man. The first ever official Marvel blockbuster though would ironically be based on a side character who wasn’t even a superhero, but more of a comedic character, Howard the Duck! We would get more and more Marvel films, but most weren’t to be taken seriously, that was until 2008’s Iron Man. Iron Man marked the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also known as the MCU. Many films would come out and would acknowledge one another, but it wasn’t serious until the Avengers! This did what no film had ever done before. It followed what the comics did by connecting characters. The only time we had ever seen anything like this was back when the classic black and white Universal Monster’s film Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, THe house of Frankenstein, and Abbott and Costello films came out. But that was all horror directed and around 50 years old. Now we could see Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, and many more together on the big screen. Comics
Somewhere around 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics and its sister organization, All-American Publications, presented well known superheroes, for example, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash,
In addition to, revolutionizing characters, Stan Lee made many of his comic books intricate and interesting compared to simple boring comic books in the past. His intricate comics had to do with his...
Superheroes have been around for at least 90 years. The first superhero comic book came out in 1933 about Superman. Since then, there have been tons of superheroes created and two of the most popular superhero “universes” have been made. These two “universes” are called Marvel and DC. Many people have different opinions on these two universes and it even begins in arguments and debates; however, Marvel is the better “universe” because they really took superheros to the next level. Marvel came out with more and more creative superheroes as the years went by. Marvels best superhero is the Incredible Hulk because of his changing ability, physical abilities, and work efficiency.
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Gains was so impressed by the article, he hired Marston into a new position at DC Comics. Within a year, at the urging of his wife, Marston set out to create a female superhero. By February 1941, Marston handed in his first script for ‘Suprema: The Wonder Woman.’ (We owe a debt of thanks to whoever dropped the Suprema.) Marston created a unique heroine, based loosely on Greek mythology.
In 1941, Stan Lee, the creator of the Marvel universe, released his firs comic book about the patriotic hero Captain America. This comic was released during World War 2 to give the Americans a sense of hope and to let people know that we’re not alone. Marvel does a good job with its comics because they want to show you that even when times get tough, as long as you have hope things will get better. A good example of this would be Spiderman. When his Uncle Ben died, his last words to Peter were, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Spiderman goes on to
Moe Goodman born 18 January 1908, who is now Martin Goodman has made an impact in not only my life but many others by creating Marvel Comics ™. Goodman was an American publisher who had started off at Pulp Magazines then moved onto paperback books then men's adventure magazines and finally did comic books, which at a later stage then became Marvel Comics. Goodman was born in Brooklyn, New York. During the great Depression he had travelled in hobo camps. He then worked at Independent News as a salesman, he's colleagues included two of the three founders of MLJ Comics which is now known as Archie Comics.
If we really want to start at the beginning, then we will start with Martin Goodman. “The precursor to Marvel Comics was founded in 1939 by pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman. In order to capitalize on the growing popularity of comic books—especially those starring superheroes—Goodman created Timely Comics. Timely’s first comic book was Marvel Comics no. 1 (cover dated October 1939), which featured several superhero characters, most notably the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. Timely Comics introduced many superhero characters during comics’ “Golden Age” in the 1940s, most importantly Captain America, who first appeared in Captain America Comics no. 1
The popular superhero comic series X-Men were first released in the year 1963 with its original characters; Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Marvel Girl, under the lead of Professor X also known as Professor Charles Xavier. Later adding in more popular X-Men such as Wolverine who has become the most popular X-Man since 1975. Marvel later adding in another character, Anne Marie is also known as Rogue added in the early 1980s. Rogues first appearance was in The Avengers Annual #10 -By Friends Betrayed.
Every child in the United States has heard or read the Marvel and DC comics books. If you have not then you have probably have heard of their characters like the famous star spangled hero, Captain America, or the Dark Knight himself, Batman. Both Marvel and DC has influenced the children and adults of American in its darkest times. The great wars affected many by its poisonous grasps, and its victims sought comfort with the antidote provided by the marvelous illustrators and writers of comic books. Now their cinematic counterparts are here to inspire the 21st century. The Marvel and DC cinematic universes have similar content, they both have unique characteristics that set them apart.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: 1) Captain America was first created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in the 1940’s. Designed as a patriotic superhero who often fought the Axis Powers of World War II. In the 1940’s as America had joined the War effort, Captain America was introduced as an American icon. He was created in order to give soldiers and families hope. Captain America was created in the Golden Age, Joe Simon debated the name because before he had Captain America he wrote the name “Super American” as this characters’ name.
The Golden Age of Comics was perhaps the greatest era in comic book history. Many people loved the comics during this time period because they were all stories about good triumphing over evil. Many of these stories reflected over historical events over the time period. “Pro-American characters were popular due to the time period occuring mostly during World War II.” (PBS)
Among the highest-grossing movies of all time are numerous landmark films, such as Titanic, Avatar, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Taking their place alongside these cultural touchstones are mammoth blockbusters of a new breed: action-packed superhero epics. Each year, the number of superhero movies due for release seems to grow exponentially. One glance at a list of upcoming movies for this year reveals that the box office is absolutely saturated with superhero films. Some highly-anticipated installments feature heroes already well-acquainted with the big screen, such as Captain America and the X-Men, while others are introducing relatively unfamiliar characters to contemporary movie-going audiences, as in the cases of Doctor Strange and
Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. Harry N. Abrams. p. 37. ISBN 0-8109-3821-9.
Marvel's major heroes were created in the 1960s, but the amount of time that has passed between then and now within the universe itself has (after a prolonged period of being identified as about ten years in the mid-to-late 1990s) most recently been identified as thirteen years.[3] Consequently, the settings of some events which were contemporary when written have to be updated every few years in order to "make sense" in this floating timeline. Thus,