![]() Lee wrote extensively for Timely, contributing to a number of different titles. When editor Simon left the company in late 1941, Goodman made Lieber-by then writing pseudonymously as " Stan Lee"-interim editor of the comics line, a position Lee kept for decades except for three years during his military service in World War II. Goodman hired his wife's 16-year-old cousin, Stanley Lieber, as a general office assistant in 1939. Timely also published one of humor cartoonist Basil Wolverton's best-known features, " Powerhouse Pepper", as well as a line of children's talking animal comics featuring characters like Super Rabbit and the duo Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal. While no other Timely character would achieve the success of these three characters, some notable heroes-many of which continue to appear in modern-day retcon appearances and flashbacks-include the Whizzer, Miss America, the Destroyer, the original Vision, and the Angel. Goodman formed Timely Comics, Inc., beginning with comics cover-dated April 1941 or Spring 1941. ![]() It, too, proved a hit, with sales of nearly one million. The company's first true editor, writer-artist Joe Simon, teamed with artist Jack Kirby to create one of the first patriotically themed superheroes, Captain America, in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941). While its contents came from an outside packager, Funnies, Inc., Timely had its own staff in place by the following year. The issue was a great success it and a second printing the following month sold a combined nearly 900,000 copies. 1939), included the first appearance of Carl Burgos' android superhero the Human Torch, and the first appearances of Bill Everett's anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, among other features. Timely's first publication, Marvel Comics #1 ( cover dated Oct. Launching his new line from his existing company's offices at 330 West 42nd Street, New York City, he officially held the titles of editor, managing editor, and business manager, with Abraham Goodman (Martin's brother) officially listed as publisher. Goodman, who had started with a Western pulp in 1933, was expanding into the emerging-and by then already highly popular-new medium of comic books. Pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman created the company later known as Marvel Comics under the name Timely Publications in 1939. 1939), the first comic from Marvel precursor Timely Comics. ![]() This includes Star Wars comics twice from 1977 to 1986 and again since 2015. Additionally, Marvel has published several licensed properties from other companies. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with most locations mirroring real-life places many major characters are based in New York City, New York, United States. Its stable of well-known supervillains includes the likes of Doctor Doom, Magneto, Ultron, Thanos, Kang the Conqueror, Green Goblin, Red Skull, Galactus, Loki, and Kingpin. Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Daredevil, Wolverine, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel, as well as popular superhero teams such as the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009.
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