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Marvel is one of the best selling comics and movies in the super hero industries. Having heroes like Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Elektra, Ms. and Mr Marvel's, Dr. Strange, Deadpool and many more. Also teams such as The Avengers, X-Men, the Inhumans, The Fantastic Four, X-Factor, Defenders, and many others. They have grabbed millions of fans worldwide. When and where did it start? How big is it? Why is it so good? What are its future plans?

Background

This company was founded in 1939 fist called timely comics. And from there the industry grew. Fome there the industry started to sell comics one of its first genetic heros was the human torch. They used to operate in suite 1401 of the Empire State Building; at 635 Madison Avenue.

Fun facts

1)Marvel made a hero named blue ears due to a kid saying that heroes do not use hearing aids.

2)Donald Trump has made few appearances in the comics but as the antagonist.

3)Marvel have multiple universes

4)Earth 199999 is the marvel cinematic universe.

5)The earth 616 is the main comic stream

for zombie lovers earth 2149 where many are zombies and also some of the heros.

6)The first comic was marvel #1

7)1941 captain america was first made submariner was the first hero to fly even before superman.

8)In world war 2 the fictional heros also entered the war especially Captain America.

9)Hulk used to be grey not green.

10)1962 was the day our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was made.

11)Stan lee made also 15 comics for DC

12)Black panther was the first black hero.

13)Michael Jackson wanted to buy marvel just to be able to play Spider-Man.

14)Disney bought marvel for 4 billion dollars.

Upcoming movies in 2017

1)Guardian of the Galaxy volume 2 (May 5th 2017)

2)Spider-Man Homecoming (july 7th 2017)

3)Thor: Ragnarok (November 3rd 2017)

Sources

http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/features/comics/marvel-comics/

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/24/comic-book-publishers-thrive-in-the-industry.html

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