Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the brand name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company.
Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s, had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel branding began in 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and many others.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Wolverine, Daredevil, Ghost Rider and the Punisher, such teams as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Inhumans and the Guardians of the Galaxy, and supervillains including Thanos, Doctor Doom, Magneto, Red Skull, Green Goblin, Ultron, Doctor Octopus, Loki, Galactus, and Venom. 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.
== Fanon Projects (Exclusively for Idea Wiki) ==
=== Comics ===
* Ultimate Marvel: Earth-2
* Marvel's Princesses of Destiny (part of the Webbed Champion continuity)
* All New, All Ultimate Marvel
* Marvel's Red Falcon
* Marvel Superhero Adventures: Intergalactic Grand Prix - The Prelude (part of the same name video game's continuity)
=== Movies and TV Shows===
* All New, All Different Marvel Cinematic Universe
* Iago PUC's Avengers Animated Trilogy
* Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion
** Marvel's Spider-Man: Rising Legend
** A Marvel Christmas Carol
** Marvel's Superhero Adventures: Infinity War
** Marvel's All-Star Multiverse
* Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles
*Marvel Wonders Animated Universe
**Avengers: Band Together!
=== Video Games ===
* Marvel's The Avenging Spider-Man
* Marvel's What If...?: The Video Game
* Marvel Superhero Adventures: Intergalactic Grand Prix
** Sonic and Marvel Superheroes: Multiverse Speedstorm
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Category:The Walt Disney Company
Category:Marvel Comics