Marvel Comics

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Marvel Comics is a company that makes "superhero" comic books. Its top competitor is DC Comics.

Some of their characters include:

• Spider-Man
• The Fantastic Four
• Namor the Sub-Mariner
• Captain America
• Hercules
• The Avengers
• The Incredible Hulk
• She-Hulk
• X-Men
• Thor
• Iron Man
• Doctor Strange
• Howard the Duck
• Nick Fury
• Silver Surfer
• The Punisher
• Daredevil
• Elektra

As well as some of their villains too:

• Doctor Doom
• Doctor Octopus
• Venom
• Sandman
• Galactus
• Ultron
• Kraven the Hunter
• The Green Goblin
• Loki

Marvel has also made films and cartoons about the characters, which has made them even more popular.

Marvel used to be a company called Timely Comics in the 1940s and then Atlas Comics in the 1950s. The first comic published with the name "Marvel Comics" was Fantastic Four #1 in November, 1961.