MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

'Marvel Entertainment, Inc.' () is an American entertainment company.
The company traces its origins to the May 1933 publication of Western Supernovel Magazine. That magazine was only published for one issue before the title was changed to Complete Western Book Magazine in July 1933.
The company's oldest character is Ka-Zar introduced in 1936. In 1939 the company began publishing comic books with Marvel Comics #1.

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Subsidiaries

Past names

Subsidiaries

The company's divisions include:

★ 'Marvel Characters, Inc.': publisher of Marvel Comics;

★ 'Marvel Studios': a film and television production company;

★ 'Toy Biz': a toy company owned by Isaac Perlmutter since the 1990s.
From 1981 to 1997 it included also Marvel Productions.

Past names

★ Marvel Enterprises, Inc.

★ Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.