Marvel Comics is an American comic book company, owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Among the most famous characters whose adventures have been published by Marvel, we can quote: Captain America, Spider-Man, The X-Men , The Fantastic Four, etc. All the characters are supposed to live in the same universe, called the Marvel Universe.

The company was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman, and turned into its actual form in the sixties. Its headquarters are located in New-York. Nowadays it the largest comic company worldwide, with DC Comics (very famous superheroine Wonder Woman. The first hero appearing in a Marvel comic: the Human Torch.

The company experienced some financial difficulties after the Second World War, and until the fifties but it diversified its activities and the range of subject of its publication. Many Marvel characters and stories became television series both live and action Captain America, Superman).

In the 2000?s Marvel escaped from bankruptcy, the company had to implement many measures to recover and go through the crisis. Fortunately some of its comics were turned into movies, such as Spiderman and were extremely successful. Selling the copyrights allowed Marvel to earn a lot of money. They earn a lot of money also thanks to the limited collector editions and several other collector products, very expensive and available for a short period of time.