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Martin Goodman

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Publisher; founder of Marvel Comics (1908-1992)

United StatesBusiness ProfessionalsLived 1908 to 1992 · aged 84
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Martin Goodman was an American publisher of pulp magazines, digest sized magazines, paperback books, men's adventure magazines, and comic books, who founded the comics magazine company Timely Comics in 1939.

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The pulp magazine Uncanny Tales (May 1940), bearing Goodman's Red Circle logoThe pulp magazine Uncanny Tales (May 1940), bearing Goodman's Red Circle logoMarvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featuring the Human Torch. Art by Frank R. Paul.Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featuring the Human Torch. Art by Frank R. Paul.The Red Circle Magazine logoThe Red Circle Magazine logo

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Martin Goodman was an American publisher of pulp magazines, digest sized magazines, paperback books, men's adventure magazines, and comic books, who founded the comics magazine company Timely Comics in 1939. Timely Comics would go on to become Marvel Comics, one of the United States' two largest comic book publishers along with rival DC Comics.

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United States
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Business Professionals
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Business Professional
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deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1992 · aged 84
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10 languages

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