Marvel Comics, Becomes Official in the 1960s!

Marvel Comics, now under its official banner, was setting out to revolutionize comic superheroes. With DC Comics’ success at reviving superheroes through the 1950s and early 1960s, Marvel decided to jump back on that bandwagon.

Now editor and still writer, Stan Lee and freelance artist Jack Kirby set out at creating or reviving new characters that are a mainstay with the comic book industry today. They created such memorable superheroes as The Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, the X-Men and Daredevil. Other notables were The Mighty Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man.

Through these stories, sprung up some of the greatest bad guys of all time. There were Doctor Doom, Magneto, Galactus, the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus (Doc Ock). The most successful new series was The Amazing Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. And look at how successful and popular Spider-Man has remained over the years. He still reigns as one of my favorite characters. Marvel Comics rights here!