Question: What were the issue dates of the three-episode series on this public health issue?
Answer: May–July 1971

Question: What situation allowed Marvel to expand into more adult-themed genre stories?
Answer: the updating of the Comics Code

Question: What were two of Marvel's comic heroes in fantasy, swords and magic settings?
Answer: Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja

Question: What waterfowl character had his own satire series of comic books?
Answer: Howard the Duck

Question: In what year did Marvel's sales overtake rival DC?
Answer: 1972

Question: How were some of Marvel's genre titles published in the 1970s?
Answer: larger-format black and white magazines, under its Curtis Magazines imprint

Question: What new venture did Marvel's founder begin after leaving the company in the 1970s?
Answer: Seaboard Periodicals

Question: What former Marvel title imprint did Goodman attempt to revive?
Answer: Atlas Comics

Question: What new retail outlet came on board at the end of the 1970s to rival newsstands for comic sales?
Answer: comic book stores

Question: How long was the 1970s revival of Atlas Comics in business?
Answer: a year and a half

Question: During what era did newsstand distribution begin to tail off markedly for Marvel?
Answer: the mid-1970s

Question: What was Marvel's self-hosted comic book convention called?
Answer: Marvelcon

Question: What artist's return to Marvel was announced at this event?
Answer: Jack Kirby

Question: What Marvel character was specifically created to appeal to the UK market?
Answer: Captain Britain

Question: When was the first Marvel-sponsored comics convention?
Answer: spring 1975

Question: When did Marvel's British-themed superhero first appear?
Answer: October 1976

Question: Who took over as head of Marvel in 1978?
Answer: Jim Shooter

Question: What is an example of a bad practice eliminated under Shooter's regime at Marvel?
Answer: repeatedly missed deadlines

Question: What noted artist and writer made brought Daredevil to the forefront during the 1980s?
Answer: Frank Miller

Question: What team of artist and writer helped popularize the Uncanny X-Men line of comics in the 1980s?
Answer: Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Question: Secret Wars was an early example of what Marvel comics story trope?
Answer: crossover story arcs

Question: What 1990s comic line featured futuristic, sci-fi stories?
Answer: 2099 line

Question: What was the name of the specialty comics line created by Clive Barker for Marvel?
Answer: Razorline

Question: In what year did Marvel introduce trading cards based on their characters?
Answer: 1990

Question: What trading card company did Marvel team up with to license these trading cards?
Answer: SkyBox International

Question: What was affected by the increasing use at Marvel of crossover stories between comic characters?
Answer: overall continuity of the fictional Marvel Universe

Question: What studio helped to relaunch and revamp classic marvel teams The Fantastic Four and the Avengers?
Answer: Image Comics

Question: What two Marvel veterans founded Image?
Answer: Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld

Question: How was the setting for the Image versions of Marvel characters different from the official comics?
Answer: a parallel universe with a history distinct from the mainstream

Question: How long did the Image run of Marvel characters last?
Answer: a one-year run

Question: What three titles were part of the darker, grimmer Marvel Knights comics?
Answer: the Inhumans, Black Panther and Daredevil

Question: What channel did Marvel buy to self-distribute its own comics in the 1990s?
Answer: Heroes World Distribution

Question: When did Marvel purchase this distribution network?
Answer: 1994

Question: Exclusive deals for distributing comics during the 1990s left this company as the only unaffiliated one.
Answer: Diamond Comic Distributors Inc

Question: What year did Diamond Comic Distributors team up with Marvel?
Answer: 1997

Question: The failure of what high profile business initiative caused Marvel to approach Diamond?
Answer: Marvel's Heroes World

Question: What was the business state of Marvel by 2000?
Answer: bankruptcy

Question: When did Marvel withdraw from the Comics Code Authority?
Answer: 2001

Question: What in-house standards system did Marvel replace the Comics Code with?
Answer: Marvel Rating System

Question: What was the first book published under this new ratings system?
Answer: X-Force #119

Question: What was the name of the adult themed comics imprint for Marvel with more explicit content?
Answer: MAX

Question: What entertainment company purchased Marvel at the end of the 2000s?
Answer: The Walt Disney Company

Question: When was the sale of Marvel to this entertainment conglomerate announced?
Answer: August 31, 2009

Question: What was the sale price of Marvel?
Answer: $4 billion or $4.2 billion

Question: What is the readership market share enjoyed by Marvel and DC comics?
Answer: 80%

Question: In 2010, Marvel switched to what distributor for bookstore comic book sales?
Answer: Hachette Distribution Services

Question: When did the Marvel Adventures line cease publishing?
Answer: March 2012

Question: Infinite Comics is related to what comics media platform?
Answer: digital comics

Question: What are two new titles under the Marvel NOW! line of comics?
Answer: Uncanny Avengers and All-New X-Men

Question: Marvel NOW!, Infinite Comics, and Marvel AR are under the umbrella of what in house business endeavor?
Answer: Marvel ReEvolution

Question: What does the AR in Marvel AR stand for?
Answer: augmented reality

Question: What TV network shares a parent with Marvel?
Answer: ABC

Question: What series on this network was given a Marvel graphic novel?
Answer: Once Upon a Time

Question: What is the Marvel and Disney line of comics called?
Answer: "Disney Kingdoms"

Question: What was the first title published in that joint line of comics?
Answer: "Seekers of the Weird"

Question: What movie sci-fi franchise returned to Marvel in 2015?
Answer: Star Wars

Question: What publisher did Marvel first license its characters to for novelization?
Answer: Bantam Books

Question: What was the first novel published under this deal?
Answer: The Avengers Battle the Earth Wrecker by Otto Binder

Question: What was the name of the short-lived Marvel novelization book publisher during the 2000s?
Answer: Marvel Press

Question: In 2005, Marvel dropped it's own publishing rights for novelization and instead partnered with what publisher?
Answer: Pocket Books

Question: Marvel Press was relaunched in what year?
Answer: 2011

Question: What Disney theme park will become the first to feature Marvel-specific attractions?
Answer: Hong Kong Disneyland

Question: Because of a prior contract, what two Disney parks are barred from featuring Marvel characters?
Answer: Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disney

Question: The contract with what non-Disney studio prevents some parks from using Marvel characters?
Answer: Universal Studios

Question: What Marvel movie featured Star-Lord and Gamora?
Answer: Guardians of the Galaxy

Question: What movie features the characters Baymax and Hiro?
Answer: Big Hero 6

Question: The United Kingdom ruled what empire?
Answer: British

Question: Which empire was the largest in history, at its height?
Answer: British

Question: When did 458 million people live in the British Empire?
Answer: 1922

Question: How much of the world's population did the British Empire rule in 1922?
Answer: one-fifth

Question: How many square miles did the British Empire rule in 1922?
Answer: 13,000,000

Question: In which centuries was the Age of Discovery?
Answer: 15th and 16th centuries

Question: Which countries pioneered European exploration of the globe?
Answer: Portugal and Spain

Question: When did England become Great Britain?
Answer: 1707