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  Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Marvel Comics
This is the comic that introduced The Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, The Angel, Ka-Zar and other characters to the comics-reading world — but more important, it introduced a company that would eventually grow to be an industry giant.
Marvel Comics may have been the name of the comic (for one issue, anyway — with #2, it became Marvel Mystery Comics), but it wasn't the name of the publisher.
Marvel exploited the superhero trend to the hilt — then dropped it like a hot potato when it was no longer paying off.
www.toonopedia.com /marvel.htm   (891 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)
Mockingbird (Barbara "Bobbi" Morse-Barton) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the Avengers and West Coast Avengers.
Grim Reaper is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe Character biography The Grim Reaper was born Eric Williams, the brother of Simon Williams (a.
Marvel Universe characters who exist in other dimensions or timelines (such as Dormammu or Kang the Conqueror) are included.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mockingbird-%28Marvel-Comics%29   (869 words)

  
  Marvel Comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marvel Comics was founded by established pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman in 1939 as an eventual group of subsidiary companies under the umbrella name Timely Comics.
Marvel was pioneering new methods of comics storytelling and characterization, addressing more serious themes, and in the process keeping and attracting readers in their teens and beyond.
Marvel was able to capitalize on its successful superhero comics of the previous decade by acquiring a new newsstand distributor and greatly expanding its comics line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marvel_Comics   (3538 words)

  
 Boycott Marvel Comics and all of its subsidiaries. Petition
This is the official petition to Boycott Marvel Comics and all of its subsidiaries.
The Boycott Marvel Comics and all of its subsidiaries.
Petition to Marvel Enterprises, Inc. 10 East 40th St. New York, NY 10016 was created by and written by Phill Thomas (boycott_marvel@hotmail.com).
www.petitiononline.com /truehero/petition.html   (331 words)

  
 CNN.com - Marvel Comics to unveil gay gunslinger - Dec. 9, 2002
Marvel Comics plans to break new ground in the comic book industry by introducing the first openly gay title character in a comic book.
However, it was not until Zimmerman approached Marvel with his idea of a homosexual Rawhide Kid that sexuality was mentioned in the discussion of the character.
Brian Reinert, Marvel's public relations officer, said that Marvel has always been "interested in tapping into stories that are relevant today." He expects the reactions to this comic to vary.
www.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/12/09/rawhide.kid.gay   (423 words)

  
 Dark Tower - Marvel Press Release - Oct, 28th 2005
Marvel Comics is a division of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a leading global character-based entertainment company that has developed and owns a library of more than 5,000 characters, which have entertained generations around the world for over 60 years.
Marvel's comic book division is a leading publisher in the global marketplace while also serving as an invaluable source of intellectual property.
MARVEL and all related Marvel characters are © and trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc., and are used with permission.
www.stephenking.com /pages/news/dt_marvel   (737 words)

  
 Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Encyclopedia Article @ ColorfulImaginations.com (Colorful Imaginations)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marvel wore a bright red costume, inspired by both military uniforms and ancient Egyptian and Persian costumes as depicted in popular operas, with gold trim and a lightning bolt insignia on the chest.
Marvel was later shown fulfilling this role in Week 12 of the weekly limited comic series 52, although teetering on the brink of sanity, constantly talking back to the Seven Sins around him.
Prior to reviving Captain Marvel in the 1970s, DC Comics, in its flagship Superman comic (issue #276, June 1974), published a story featuring a battle between the Man of Steel and a thinly disguised version of Captain Marvel called Captain Thunder (whether this was intentional to honor the character's early original name is unknown).
colorfulimaginations.com /encyclopedia/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)   (6349 words)

  
 Marvel Comics: Tutte le informazioni su Marvel Comics su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marvel Comics: Tutte le informazioni su Marvel Comics su Encyclopedia.it
Goodman, colpito dall'iniziativa, contattò Torpey, per rilevare la sua attività: prese tutto il materiale da lui prodotto e riprese la pubblicazione della sua rivista, che questa volta cambiò nome, divenendo Marvel Comics: era il 31 Agosto del 1939 e il marchio sotto cui usciva questa storica rivista era Timely Comics.
Il sempre sorridente Lee arrivò, quindi, anche a dirigere l'azienda dello zio, che sotto le sue capaci mani prima divenne la Atlas Comics e quindi, nel 1961, Marvel Comics.
www.encyclopedia.it /m/ma/marvel_comics.html   (511 words)

  
 Monitor Duty: Marvel Comics Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marvel Comics leaps into movie-making The comic-book king is tired of taking a safe but small cut from licensing its characters for blockbuster films - so now it's going to make the movies itself.
Marvel faces the problem of how many non-comic book fans will see a movie based on a character they are not familiar with in a marketplace already saturated with movies based on that genre.
Comics Continuum has alternative coverage of DC's announcement event as well as some photos from the convention and a sneak preview of the Wonder Woman costume they're designing for the movie (just the costume, no actress since it isn't cast yet).
www.monitorduty.com /mdarchives/comic_book_company_news/marvel_comics   (4191 words)

  
 'Nuff Said! the sound of comics on WBAI-FM: All Kindsa Comics
Mainstream comics are usually considered to be the larger, long-established companies such as DC, Marvel, Archie, Harvey, etc. Some of the large Independent companies are so similar in content, style and sales that some people consider them to be Mainstream, but in most parts of the country, they're still considered Independents.
You'll find comics where the authors do as much research for their stories as any novelist or screen-writer and you'll find comics published by a couple of kids whose parents just gave 'em a few thousand dollars to print their own comics.
Asian comics are similar in their variety, but there are a lot more comics published.
www.comicbookradioshow.com /allkindsacomics.html   (856 words)

  
 CNN.com - Marvel Comics to unveil gay gunslinger - Dec. 9, 2002
Marvel Comics plans to break new ground in the comic book industry by introducing the first openly gay title character in a comic book.
However, it was not until Zimmerman approached Marvel with his idea of a homosexual Rawhide Kid that sexuality was mentioned in the discussion of the character.
Brian Reinert, Marvel's public relations officer, said that Marvel has always been "interested in tapping into stories that are relevant today." He expects the reactions to this comic to vary.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/12/09/rawhide.kid.gay   (423 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Marvel 1602: Books: Neil Gaiman,Andy Kubert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When 1602 was first announced by Marvel, I was under the impression that Neil Gaiman was simply going to take the easy way out: "re-imagining" the heroes and villains of the Silver Age Marvel Universe as existing in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
In the hands of DC Comics Sandman's creator Neil Gaiman, this superheroes version of the history in the time of Elizabeth is a (dare i use the pun) real MARVEL.
In this collected series of 8 comic books, Gaiman tells of an Elizabethan England that is threatened both by Count Otto Von Doom's Latveria and by the religiously motivated machinations of James of Scotland, heir to the throne.
www.amazon.com /Marvel-1602-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0785110704   (1740 words)

  
 Rebelscum.com: Marvel Star Wars Comic Books
Marvel Comics Group's nine-year run of Star Wars comics saw more than its fair share of talented creators weaving the ongoing monthly into the classic series that it is today.
Unlike most of the Dark Horse comics of today, the Marvel run was geared mostly towards young readers and it showed in the way the storytelling carried out.
It is more than just enjoyable to read these stories; it's 22 pages of the truest nostalgia there is. Held within their covers is the key to the door of childhood, and an escape guaranteed to warm the heart of any of us in the Star Wars Generation.
www.rebelscum.com /marvel.asp   (218 words)

  
 Marvel Comics - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Marvel Comics, otherwise known as "Wang-dang-crap-a-rama Comics" is a comic book company that mainly publishes average books about the X-Men, a soap opera concerning people who can shoot laser beams from their eyes!
Marvel Comics (as well as everything else known to man according to Lee himself) was founded by Stan Lee (gimp), the "Father of Marvel Comics!" Its first publication was Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featuring the first appearance of the Human Torch, and the mutant anti-hero Namor!
Strangely, this comic seems to celebrate America in a non-ironic manner.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Marvel_Comics   (483 words)

  
 NEWSARAMA.COM: STEPHEN KING ADAPTS/EXPANDS HIS DARK TOWER SERIES FOR MARVEL COMICS
The comics will work in conjunction with the novels, further supplementing and defining the saga's mythology under the direction of the acclaimed author himself.
"As a lifelong fan of Marvel comic books, and as an adult reader who's seen comics "come of age" and take their rightful place in the world of fantasy and science fiction, I'm excited to be a part of Roland's new incarnation," said Stephen King.
Interesting to note of the bookmarks is Marvel's prominent use of the term "Graphic Fiction", which appears will be a major element of their marketing efforts, seemingly designed to appeal to more mainstream audiences.
www.newsarama.com /marvelnew/King/stephen_king_marvel.htm   (759 words)

  
 Video Games, Toys and Collectibles Marvel Comics
This is an officially licensed Marvel Comics shirt made of 100% cotton.
The Marvel Comics wall scroll comes with two horizontal plastic rods at the top and b...
The Marvel Comics wall scroll comes with two horizontal plastic rods at the top and bottom of...
www.gkworld.com /category/genre.marvelcomics   (596 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources - CBR News: Marvel Comics Solicitations for Product Shipping December, 2005
Marvel Comics has provided CBR News with covers and solicit information for product shipping December, 2005.
Marvel's own Milwaukee-based Misfits are back-in their very own, double sized X-mas special!
Revelations, clarifications and explanations abound as Marvel shines its searchlight on the jailbreak of the century!
www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=5928   (6997 words)

  
 IGN: The Ten Best Marvel Comics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With the Marvel Universe under the duress of Civil War, it's nice to have a book you can run to for levity.
Jack Kirby's celestial Eternals are reintroduced to the Marvel U, with some of its undying members having forgotten their pasts.
The X-Men are about to torn apart and we have a front row seat as the Hellfire Club move on the Astonishing X. Though the past few issues were published bi-monthly, the series is moving to a monthly schedule for the remainder of this twelve-issue stretch.
comics.ign.com /articles/725/725104p1.html   (663 words)

  
 Comic-Book Superstore: Marvel Comics
A celebration of fifty years of Marvel Comics features seven hundred illustrations and a text that traces the history of Marvel, from its first publication in 1939, describing the birth and popularity of The Human Torch, Daredevil, and other superheroes.
Unlike Les Daniels, whose MARVEL related the company's history through its comics and their creators, Sanderson focuses on the characters and the considerable changes they have undergone to stay timely.
His big, copiously illustrated book should thrill current comics fans, and baby boomers who haven't picked up a Marvel comic in decades may be astonished to learn what has become of some childhood heroes.
www.zianet.com /comic-booksuperstore/marvel   (570 words)

  
 Arthur's Marvel Comics Reprints Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marvel Comics has published many Silver Age reprints over the years, mostly during the 1970s through their reprint titles and annuals.
Since Silver Age comics are now quite expensive, the reprints offer an inexpensive option for those who are just interested in the stories.
Disclaimer: All titles, characters, and images are copyrighted by the Marvel Entertainment Group.
www.math.ucla.edu /~alee/reprints.html   (440 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Comics: Publishers: M: Marvel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marvel Atlas Project - An effort to catalog the many different locations throughout Marvel's Earth and correlate these with their appropriate locations on one of several maps of the real Earth.
New Marvel Fan Fiction - Created by a group of people who were dissatisfied with the storyline continuity after "Operation: Zero Tolerance", this site attempts to revise the official storyline with their own.
The Second-Stringers of Marvel Comics - Profiles of the minor characters of the Marvel Universe.
dmoz.org /Arts/Comics/Publishers/M/Marvel   (506 words)

  
 BCBcomics.com :: X-Men, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man Comic Book Subscriptions and Back Issues On Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As our loyal comic customers jump into our subscription service and eat up the huge discounts on Marvel, DC, Wildstorm and Devils Due comic books, our service to you grows.
Even now, big plans are in the works to upgrade our already popular comic book subscription service with a custom comic book subscriber site just for our loyal comic subscribers.
Don't get left out in the cold with Marvels Ultimate line, or maybe you're new to DC's Superman or Batman comics, pick up a Batman trade paper back today (or maybe a back issue of a Batman comic book) and catch up on Hush or the Red Hood.
www.bcbcomics.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=74   (319 words)

  
 Marvel Comics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The comic adaptation of the blockbuster motion picture starring Jennifer Garner, this collection captures all the cinematic excitement of the new hit movie - plus a selection of the classic Daredevil and Elektra stories that inspired the film!
It is always interesting to see the official comic book adaptation of a movie that is based on a comic book in the first place.
There are also pages from Marvel Comics Presents #72-75, which was the Weapons X storyline focusing on Wolverine and drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith.
www.kenpiercebooks.com /marvel.htm   (436 words)

  
 Transformers Toys Marvel Comics For Sale
Comic is complete and appears to be in good shape.
I am not familiar with grading comics, so I will say the condition is average
Marvel Comics (US) Issue 16 Plight of the Bumblebee!
www.transformerland.com /store/search3.php?LinkName=Marvel+Comics   (79 words)

  
 Marvel Comics, Movie, and Video Game News
Marvel Comics is pleased to announce that the hotly anticipated Halo: Uprising #1 (of 4) has sold...
Comic fans accross the country are gearing up to celebrate Westeros Wednesday in honor of the...
Marvel Comics' Icon imprint is pleased to announce Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' acclaimed...
www.marvel.com /news   (1726 words)

  
 Comics Hub - Marvel.com Comics
Marvel is proud to unveil fan favorite artist Ron Lim's exciting new Zombie variant cover to LAURELL K. The Weekly Watcher: October 5, 2007
And, oh yeah, he's also a huge comic fan who's happy to tell you just why Havok is the best Summers brother and why you need to respect the awesomeness of Iceman.
CAPTAIN MARVEL writer Brian Reed and editor Steve Wacker dish the dirt on Mar-Vell's return to the Marvel Universe!
www.marvelcomics.com   (425 words)

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