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Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - and witness major shakeups for iconic heroes in the Awesome Eighties! A new generation of creators crafting character-defi ning runs changed everything, with new faces donning Iron Man's armor and slinging Captain America's shield! Bold makeovers were everywhere, including Spider-Man's black costume, Storm's mohawk, Thor's battle armor and the Hulk's return to gray! Super team shake-ups included the sensational She-Hulk joining the Fantastic Four - and the transformation of the original X-Man, Angel, into Apocalypse's metal-winged Horseman of Death! And Peter Parker faced the biggest life-altering event of all - marriage to Mary Jane Watson! COLLECTING: IRON MAN (1968) 170, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 173, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 265, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 252, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 324, THOR (1966) 378, CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) 333, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 21, X-FACTOR (1986) 24.
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Marvel Publishing, Inc. , commonly referred to as , is an American company that publishes comic books and related media. Marvel Entertainment, Inc. , a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, owns Marvel Publishing (since 2009) .Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, Thor, the Sub-Mariner, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer; antagonists such as Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Magneto, Sabretooth, Galactus, the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Bullseye; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become the largest American comic book publisher, surpassing its longtime competitor DC Comics. On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
