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Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company, for $4.24 billion.

The Marvel logo

Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others.

Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thor and Captain America; antagonists such as Doctor Doom, the Green Goblin, Magneto, Galactus, Loki, 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 such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Marvel has also made movies and television series based on their franchises. Marvel teamed up with Club Penguin in June 2012 to make the Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2012 party, and again in April 2013 for the Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2013.

TriviaEdit

• According to a blog post, Club Penguin considers Marvel friends.
• The Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2012 and Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2013 parties are based on the company.

External LinksEdit

• Marvel (wikipedia)