Marvel started as a company which publishes comic books and leasing comic book heroes to other media. Marvel started to publish comic books in 1929, and in 1950 became leading publisher in this area. Since 2009 it is owned by company Volt Disney which bought Marvel for total of 4.24 billion dollars.
All over the world heroes whose are published by this publishing house are known-Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Daredevil, Punisher and many others. Their original activity was tied to publishing of comics, Marvel expanded onto TV shows, movies and games like “Lego Marvel Super Heroes”. If you are a fan of Marvel heroes, you will be interested to find out something more about this great publisher.
10FACT No 10
An artist´s resignation letter was accidentally published in an Iron Man comic, swapped for Jarvis´ resignation letter only a few words in it were changed for print.
09FACT No 9
“Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe” was released in 1995. In it Frank Castle´s family die in superhero crossfire and so he kills every superhero and villain on Earth.
08FACT No 8
Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel in the late 1990s. This was so that he could star as Spider-Man in a film he wanted to produce.
07FACT No 7
In “Spider-Man: Reign” Peter Parker lives in a dystopic authoritarian police state, struggling with the death of Mary Jane. It is later revealed she died of cancer caused by prolonged exposure to his radioactive semen.
06FACT No 6
A character called Dr. Droom was created in 1961. Originally Droom gained powers when he turned Asian, complete with a droopy moustache.
05FACT No 5
Hulk was originally meant to be grey, however green ink kept a more consistent color. The developer for The Incredible Hulk TV series wanted Hulk to be red.
04FACT No 4
Mark Gruenwald, a marvel artist, died at 42. His ashes were mixed in with the ink for the 1st print of the trade collection of his most memorable series: “Squadron Supreme”.
03FACT No 3
Marvel once planned a crossover between Ghost Rider and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Although never produced, “The Punisher Meets Archie” was green lit.
02FACT No 2
Marvel held a trademark on the word “ZOMBIE”. From 1975 to 1996 they had the publishing trademark, but let go of it as it was impossible to enforce.
01FACT No 1
Ronald Reagan, wearing only his underwear was attacked by Captain America with an American flag. The captain also unmasked Nixon as a villain causing Nixon to commit suicide.
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