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,
Let’s discuss a little bit of comic book history for starters. The most iconic superhero in all of American comic book history has got to be Superman. He was created near the beginning of superhero comic books and debuted in Action Comics #1 in 1938[1]. He would remain as the blueprint for many superheroes for years to come as the atypical white American male. But as the years go by there were comic book heroes that came out that go against this archetype such as Wonder
One way he influenced the comic book world was by revolutionizing the way characters behaved in his stories. Many of the characters in the older comic books were given makeovers to make the audiences like them more because they were flat and lacked emotion. This was called the Silver Age of Comics. The older characters lacked a personality. Stan Lee was an office assistant at Timely Comics in 1939 and soon after that he became an interim editor in the 1940s (Stan). When Martin Goodman, the publisher of Marvel Comics, Timely Comic’s new name, since 1939, asked Stan Lee to create a team of superheroes better than the Justice League of America, their rival in comic books, Stan Lee had his doubts. Mr. Goodman thought that comic books should be dumbed down because they were for “stupid children.” Stan Lee did not agree with Martin Goodman’s idea. Stan Lee already wanted to quit, so his wife advised him to go ahead and write the story the way he wanted to write it. If Goodman fired him it would be okay since he already was contemplating quitting. Lee decided to write a story about four people who got superpowers after an accident in space. They were completely different from other superheroes because they did not wear costumes. The story was also based in New York City instead of Metropolises or Gotham City like Superman and Batman. These characters also had a real personality along with a real job, no secret identity, or alter egos. This story was known as the Fantastic Four. It was extremely different than many other comic books. (Garcia)
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.
Mitchell, Jane P., and Joseph D. George. "What Do Superman, Captain America, And Spiderman Have In Common? The Case For Comic Books." Gifted Education International 11.2 (1996): 91-94. ERIC. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.
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.
Spoken generally, in early modern Europe, individual life trajectories were expected to follow a similar path, with variance that depended on one’s economic class and religiosity. Embedded by the Catholic and Protestant churches, this format maintained that society’s structure and religion was mirrored and taught within families led by the fathers. When women reached old age in the early modern period, society’s perception of them depended on their social status. Philip Stubbes, A Crystal Glass for Christian Women (1590) demonstrated how a respected religious woman, Kathrine Stubbes, was regarded after she passed. This contrasts with Margaret Fernseed in The Arraignment and Burning of Margaret Fernseed (1608), and Joan Buts in The Trial of
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.
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
Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel 's modern name dates from 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. Marvel includes well-known characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, the Silver Surfer, She-Hulk, Daredevil and Ghost Rider, such teams as the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the X-Men, and villians such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Loki, Thanos, Hydra 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,
Captain America was called "Captain America, Commie Smasher!" Captain America featured during the next year in Young Men #24-28 and Men's Adventures #27-28, as well as in comic issues #76-78. Atlas' struggled superhero revival proved no use and the character's title was canceled with Captain America issue #78 in September 1954. Works Cited Daniels, Les (b. 1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics!
“The precise era of the Golden Age is disputed, though most agree that it was born with the launch of Superman in 1938.” (PBS) The tremendous success that Superman had created many spinoff superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash, who had superpowers and secret identities. One of these spinoffs was Captain America. Part of Timely Comics and created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Captain America ended up being arguably the most popular superhero during the Golden Age.
However, this popularity has fluctuated throughout history. In the past few decades, demand for comics in the print media had been falling, in part due to the successes of other children 's media, such as cartoons. “Our biggest fear was that that audience was going to get to a point where we weren 't able to build it up again,” says Dan DiDio, co-publisher of DC Comics, “and a lot of what we do would be branded lost because there was nobody out there reading it" (Martin 14). Luckily, comic creators realized that the stories were perfect for screen adaptations: "they 're full of spectacle [and] adventure with an emotional arc for the hero. That 's what movies have always been about” (Humphries). The promise of lucrative merchandise sales and cross-promotion undoubtedly encouraged production, as well. Comic books were first adapted for television in the 40s and 50s, and met with huge success. Thus, superhero television programs set the stage for the inevitable point when comics took to the big screen with the first Superman movie in 1978 (Humphries). This cinematic moment ushered in a tricking of other superhero feature films, which eventually became the flood of superhero films that is taking place in the 21st