What is Marvel?

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel
Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American publisher of comic books and related
media. In 2009, The Walt Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company.
Marvel 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, the year that the company launched
The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many
others.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain
America*, Wolverine, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man, such teams as the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy,
the Fantastic Four, the Inhumans and the X-Men, and antagonists such as Doctor Doom, The
Enchantress, Green Goblin, Ultron, Doctor Octopus, Thanos, Magneto and Loki. Most of Marvel's
fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locations that
mirror real-life cities. Characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Daredevil and
Doctor Strange are based in New York City, whereas the X-Men have historically been based in Salem
Center, New York and Hulk's stories often have been set in the American Southwes.

CAPTAIN AMERICA
Captain America is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published
by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first
appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics,
a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic
supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics'
most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes
waned following the war and the Captain America comic book was discontinued in
1950, with a short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in
1964, Captain America has remained in publication.
Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with
a nearly indestructible shield that he throws at foes. The character is usually depicted
as the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man enhanced to the peak of human
perfection by an experimental serum to aid the United States government's efforts in
World War II. Near the end of the war, he was trapped in ice and survived in suspended
animation until he was revived in the present day. Although Captain America often
struggles to maintain his ideals as a man out of his time with its modern realities, he
remains a highly respected figure in his community which includes becoming the longtime leader of the Avengers.

HULK
The Hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was
created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Throughout his comic
book appearances, the Hulk is portrayed as a large green humanoid that possesses superhuman strength and
invulnerability, attributes that grow more potent the angrier he becomes. Hulk is the alter ego of Bruce Banner, a
socially withdrawn and emotionally reserved physicist who physically transforms into the Hulk under emotional stress
and other specific circumstances at will or against it; these involuntary transformations lead to many complications in
Banner's life. When transformed, the Hulk often acts as a dissociated personality separate from Banner. Over the
decades of Hulk stories, the Hulk has been represented with several personalities based on Hulk and Banner's fractured
psyche, ranging from mindless savage to brilliant warrior, and Banner has taken control of the Hulk's form on
occasion. Banner first transforms into the Hulk after being caught in the blast of the gamma bomb he invented while
saving Rick Jones, a youth who had wandered onto the testing range.
Lee said that the Hulk's creation was inspired by a combination of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Although
the Hulk's coloration has varied throughout the character's publication history, the most usual color is green. As a child,
Banner's father Brian Banner often got mad and physically abused his mother Rebecca, creating the psychological
complex of fear, anger, and the fear of anger and the destruction it can cause that underlies the character. A common
storyline is the pursuit of both Banner and the Hulk by the U.S. armed forces, because of all the destruction that he
causes. He has two main catchphrases: "Hulk is strongest one there is!" and the better-known "HULK SMASH!",
which has founded the basis for numerous pop culture memes.

Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel
Comics existing in its shared universe. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and
writer-artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15
(Aug. 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Lee and Ditko conceived the character as an
orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and as a teenager, having to deal with the
normal struggles of adolescence in addition to those of a costumed crime-fighter. Spider-Man's
creators gave him super strength and agility, the ability to cling to most surfaces, shoot spiderwebs using wrist-mounted devices of his own invention, which he calls "web-shooters", and
react to danger quickly with his "spider-sense", enabling him to combat his foes.
When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were
usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. The Spider-Man series broke ground
by featuring Peter Parker, the high school student behind Spider-Man's secret identity and with
whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate.
[1] While Spider-Man had all the makings of a sidekick, unlike previous teen heroes such as
Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain America and Batman; he
thus had to learn for himself that "with great power there must also come great responsibility"
a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man story but later retroactively
attributed to his guardian, the late Uncle Ben.

MARVEL MOVIE : AVENGERS

MARVEL ANIMATED MOVIE : HULK

AND THE AGENT OF SMASH

THANK YOU