How Marvel Comics happened.

In the marvel comic universe there are hundreds of universe that exist but only a few of them are actually well known. For this blog I'm only gonna focus on the marvel comics universe known as Earth-616 which is the mainstream marvel universe. Most of the movie version's of the characters most closely relate to this universe than the other ones. It's a common misconception that Stan Lee created Marvel comics but it was actually a man named Martin Goodman but Marvel Comics was then known as Timely Publications. It started in 1939 when Marvel Comics #1 released

During the war comics were booming then in the post war era the sells dropped dramatically. Comics books then lacked any real diversity and no real message that people could relate to. In the 1950's Stan Lee then known as Stanley Lieber became interim editor it was then he teamed with Jack Kirby and together they developed the Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four became a huge success becoming Marvel's "first family," After the success of the Fantastic Four, marvel took a more humanistic approach to there comic books by creating characters like Spider man who suffered from bullying, or the X-men who were portrayed as outcast allowing people to relate to the characters. Marvel continues to use this strategy even today tackling themes such as loss, revenge, courage, and even race.

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