5 Things You Didn't Know About Marvel

Hey it's me again, your friendly neighborhood guy staying miles away from you. Today we gonna talk about the M in MDG. Today i am gonna talk about how Marvel came to be and how they Stayed this awesome. So stay with me as i take you on an adventure of a lifetime(well till this blog end).

• First of all Marvel is older than you and I ( I assume anyone reading this can still see). Marvel started out in 1939 as Timely publications founded by Martin Goodman(i know right,thought Stan Lee started Marvel too. )And later in the 50's ,they re-branded themselves as Atlas Comics. For some reason that name wasn't just good enough for them and they decided to try again one more time,after all third time is always the charm. And from their trial again the name Marvel was born in 1961 launching our beloved superhero comic book that included The Fantastic Four  and works from our beloved Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditto.

• Secondly our Marvel comic  almost went out business, that was when it was still know as Atlas Comics(guess that is why they  change their name) The post-war American Comic market saw superheroes fall out of fashion. Martin Goodman due to no sales from superheroes comic decided to drop them and expand into a wider variety of genres than even Timely had published,featuring horror,western,humor,giant monster, crime, war comics,bible stories, sport and even medieval adventures. It was a really rough period for the company. According to Stan Lee, Atlas survived because it produced work quickly,cheaply, and at a passable quality.

• Thirdly Marvel was born( I mean the name of course). And with the birth of the name came the first modern comic books under the brand which was the science fiction anthology Journey into mystery #69 and the teen-humor title Pasty Walker #95( both comics I don't know about, a cinematic movie might help me remember) . Thanks to the D in MDG which is DC comics that brought about the revival of superheroes in the late 50's and early 60's particularly  with The Flash,Green Lantern and other members of the Justice League of America. This helped Marvel in bringing back their superheroes that was once abandoned in the early 50's to the world (Thanks DC)

• Fourthly It is not today Marvel has been kicking DC in the nut with the whole cinematic universe . Apparently they have been doing that for a long time. In 1961 writer-editor Stan Lee revolutionized superhero comics by introducing superheroes designed to appeal to older readers. Modern Marvel first superhero team, the stars of The Fantastic Four #1(Nov. 1961),broke convention with other comic book archetypes of that time where the characters were holding grudges both deep and petty, and eschewing anonymity or secret identities in favor of celebrity status. Subsequently, Marvel comics developed a reputation for focusing on characterization and adult issues to a greater extent than most superhero comics before them, a quality which the new generation of older readers appreciated.

What am trying to say is that ,I love how humane marvel characters are, how simple they are and yet so powerful in their own way. Spiderman just a regular kid bitten by a radioactive spider ,and even when battling with enemies you can still see that kid in him unlike our DC counterpart where everyone somehow seems to be perfect. Additionally Marvel uses  real world scenarios to make it more interesting, realistic and enticing to read and watch. DC only started listing flaws of their characters just to fit in (again my opinion and opinion of comic historian Mike Benton ) This is what he said about DC "In the world of [rival DC Comics '] Superman comic books, communism did not exist. Superman rarely crossed national borders or involved himself in political disputes.From 1962 to 1965, there were more communists [in Marvel Comics] than on the subscription list of Pravda. Communist agents attack Ant-Man in his laboratory, red henchmen jump the Fantastic Four on the moon, and Viet Cong guerrillas take potshots at Iron Man."  This was before DC decided to tone down their character ability because it was now getting boring to see that JLA always won every battle especially with superman on their side. But am happy they learned from Marvel, I find myself liking Batman more than I should, so it is a  big improvement to the DC of the past.

• Finally Marvel lunched a number of syndicates comic strips such as Conan the barbarian, Howard the duck ,and my favorite Captain Britain (that's right, your country can also have it's own Captain America if it wants). Marvel has been one of the most successful comic book to be ever created. As of 2017 they had a market share of 38.30% compared with it is Sasuke of comic books DC that had 33.93% (and it is still impressive). 

Marvel has come a long way from being Timely Comics,they had their ups and down but they still kept doing what they do best and I hope they continue to do so till the end of days 

Thanks for reading, next week is about the Sasuke of comic books, the dark sides of Comic books. Next week will be all about The History of DC 

Till next week, Stay Marvel.