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Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is an American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc.
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 as Timely Publications with Marvel Comics #1.
The company's operating units include:
- Marvel Publishing, Inc.: publisher of Marvel Comics;
- Marvel Characters, Inc.: intellectual property holding company;
- Marvel Studios: a film and television production company;
- Marvel Toys (formerly Toy Biz): a toy company owned by Isaac Perlmutter since the 1990s.
- MVL Film Finance LLC: holder of Marvel's Movie debt and theatrical film rights to the ten characters as collateral.
- Spider-Man Merchandising, L.P.: A joint venture of Marvel and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc. that owns the rights to Spider-Man movie related licensed products.
From 1981 to 1997 it included also Marvel Productions.
Past names
- Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
- Timely Comics
