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          Founded in 1933 as Newsstand Publications, Inc.; renamed Timely Publications in 1939, then Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics; purchased by New World Pictures (later New World Entertainment) in 1986; investor Ronald Perelman purchased Marvel in 1989 for $82.5 million; Marvel lost value and filed bankruptcy in 1995, with owner Perelman & bondholder Carl Icahn losing control to the owners of ToyBiz; sold to the Disney Company in December 2009 for $4.24 billion.

          The 'Marvel Universe' includes well-known properties Blade, Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Elektra, The Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Punisher, Spider-Man, Thor, Wolverine, and The X-Men.

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The Film & Music Library
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Announced 8/2012: Marvel and Disney had been planning to release a "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled Collection" box set ranging from the first "Iron Man" thru "The Avengers" – a grouping that also includes the "Iron Man" sequels, "Thor", and "Captain America". German luggage manufacturer Rimowa GmbH is accusing Disney and Marvel of stealing a design feature for the packaging of the box set; Marvel has since delayed the release of the set from September 2012 to next spring.

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Before Disney

Batman

Green Lantern

Fantastic Four

X-Men
Wolverine

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Spider-Man
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Through-Decades-Stan-Lee/dp/0785157581/

40 Years of Spider-Man  
"40 Years of The Amazing Spider-Man" [2004]
Topics Ent. CD-ROM for Windows & Mac [11/2004] 11 disks - out of prodn/used

35 "Spider-Man" [Marvel Studios/Sony May 2002] 69,484,700 tickets

53 "Spider-Man 2" [Marvel Studios/Columbia 2004] 60,158,700

96 "Spider-Man 3" [Marvel Studios/Columbia 2007] 48,914,300

"Ultimate Spider-Man" [Marvel/Disney XD April 2012]  
animated TV series produced by Man of Action Studios /tt1722512/

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"The Amazing Spider-Man" in 3-D [Marvel Studios/Columbia July 2012]  
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5/2012 trailer [2:26] for "The Amazing Spider-Man" at IMDb


After Disney

"Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Collection" 10-disc box set [2013]
contents include 2-disk "The Avengers", 2-disk "Captain America: The First Avenger", "The Incredible Hulk",
"Iron Man", "Iron Man 2", 2-disk "Thor" plus 'Top-Secret Bonus Disc'
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2013] 10 disks for $190.85

"Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection" 13-disc box set [Amazon Exclusive DUE late 2015]  
contents include two-disk versions of "Ant-Man", "Avengers: Age of Ultron", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier",
"Guardians of The Galaxy", "Iron Man 3", and "Thor: The Dark World", plus 'Top-Secret Bonus Disc'
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [late 2015] 13 disks for $224.99

"Thor" [Marvel Studios May 2011]
Kenneth Branagh directed this year’s “Thor”, which grossed more than $448 million worldwide.

"Captain America: The First Avenger" [Marvel Studios July 2011]

Announced 3/2012: A.M.C. Theaters will be screening all six recent Marvel movies in chronological order;
the 12-hour-plus marathon will include "Iron Man", "The Incredible Hulk", "Iron Man 2", "Thor", and
"Captain America" capped off with the premiere of "The Avengers"

"The Avengers" [Marvel Studios May 2012?]

"The Hands of Shang-Chi" [DreamWorks SKG; 2013?]
Martial arts master Shang-Chi discovers that he is the son of evil mastermind Fu Manchu; previously published
in several Marvel comics & graphic novels; new live-action movie is co-produced by Ang Lee, scripted by Bruce C. McKenna,
to be directed by Woo-ping Yuen, planned for 2011 release • latest info at IMDb

"The Wolverine" [Marvel Studios July 2013?]
Stalled by a natural disaster, a director leaving, and then a busy schedule, the future looked grim for "The Wolverine”; but comic fans
needn’t fear – a release date has been set and it will now slash its way into theaters in July 2013.

"Thor 2" [Marvel Studios Nov 2013?]
Announced 10/2011: Marvel has hired director Patty Jenkins for “Thor 2”; Marvel’s Kevin Feige will
produce; Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman & Tom Hiddleston are signed to star.

"Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier" [Marvel Studios April 2014?]
Announced 7/2012: full title plus will be directed by Joe & Anthony Russo • latest info at IMDb

"Lego Marvel Super Heroes Movie" 'spec' animated feature [GameFilms July 2014]
watch full movie [1:01:07] online at YouTube

Marvel's "Ant-Man" [Marvel Studios/Disney July 2015]
poster for Marvel's 'Ant-Man' movie [2015]  An ethical thief just released from prison is recruited to use the Ant-Man suit and shrink himself to get past security and steal stuff. Directed by Peyton Reed; original story by Stan Lee; starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, Michael Peña, David Dastmal-chian, 'T.I.' Harris, Hayley Atwell, Wood Harris, John Slattery, Martin Donovan & Thomas the Tank Engine; location filming in Atlanta, Georgia & San Francisco, California
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch 4/2015 official trailer [2:29] at YouTube

"Captain Marvel" [Marvel Studios/Disney DUE March 2019]  
full credits at IMDbwatch 9/2018 official trailer [1:56] online at YouTube


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The Comics Library

Marvel What If? Complete Collection  "Marvel What If?: The Complete Collection" in four volumes [1977-84]
includes work by illustrator/artists Jerry Bingham, Pat Broderick, Rich Buckler, Bob Budiansky, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Paty Cockrum, Gene Colan, Jim Craig, Ron Frenz, Michael Golden, Mark Gruenwald, Butch Guice, Bob Hall, Rick Hoberg, Carmine Infantino, Arvell Jones, Kelley Jones, Gil Kane, Fred Kida, Jack Kirby, Alan Kupperberg, Greg Larocque, Frank Miller, George Perez, Don Perlin, Dan Reed, Frank Robbins, Scott Shaw, Marc Silvestri, Tom Sutton, Herb Trimpe, George Tuska, Mike Vosburg, Alan Weiss, Ron Wilson; and work by author/contributors Mike W. Barr, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Danny Fingeroth, Bill Flanagan, Michael Fleisher, Peter B. Gillis, Don Glut, Steven Grant, Tony Isabella, David Anthony Kraft, Bill Mantlo, Rich Margopoulos, David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, Alan Zelenetz
Volume 1: Kindle/comiXology Edition from Marvel [1/2019] for $9.99
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Volume 2: Kindle/comiXology Edition from Marvel [10/2019] for $10.99
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Volume 3: Kindle/comiXology Edition from Marvel [1/2020] for $10.99
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Volume 4: Kindle/comiXology Edition from Marvel [4/2020] for $10.99
Volume 4: Marvel 10¼x6½ pb [7/2020] for $34.57


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Major Divisions

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Moguls & Executives

long-time head of Marvel Comics Stan Lee [1922-2018]
Stan Lee was listed as tied for #26 on Atlantic Monthly's "Top 30 Influential Living Americans" (12/2006)
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L i n k s

Marvel Comics Super Heroes 20-stamp set from U.S.P.S. [2007] {opens in new window}



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