Marvel Comics

company that publishes comic books and related media
Organization comics_publishing_company Q173496
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Summary

Marvel Comics is a comics publishing company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of comics publishing company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,036 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: publishing house[4]
  • Founder: Martin Goodman[5]
  • Owned by: The Walt Disney Company[6]
  • Headquarters location: New York City[7]
  • Child organization or unit: Male Publishing Corporation[8], Marvel Press[9], Epic Comics[10], Max[11], Marvel Music[12], Ultimate Marvel[13], Marvel Comics 2[14], Ultimate Universe[15], Amalgam Comics[16], Marvel Knights[17]
  • Commons category: Marvel Comics[18]
  • Industry: comics industry[19], publishing[20]
  • Said to be the same as: Timely Comics[21], Atlas Comics[22]
  • Website account on: Kahoot![23]
  • Inception: 1939[24], June 1961[25]
  • Parent organization or unit: Marvel Entertainment[26]
  • Official website: https://www.marvel.com/[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Marvel Comics[28]
  • Described at URL: https://seriewikin.serieframjandet.se/index.php/Marvel_Comics[29]
  • Replaces: Atlas Comics[30]
  • Official name: Marvel Worldwide, Inc.(Marvel comics)[31]
  • Main Wikidata property: P5621[32], P7950[33]
  • Owner of: Amazing Fantasy[34], Tales of Suspense[35], Tales to Astonish[36], Strange Tales[37], Super Conan[38], Welsh Publishing[39]
  • Different from: Timely Comics[40], Atlas Comics[41], Marvell Technology[42]
  • Hashtag: marvelcomics[43]

Why It Matters

Marvel Comics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 137 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . legadodamarvel.com.br. legadodamarvel.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 92
    Derivative work → WandaVision
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: WandaVision, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791749476753"
  2. 12w ago · Pmartinolli · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14656 → biographies/marvel-comics
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41715|batch #41715]]: LeGrog PID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0395805-Marvel-Comics-Group
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0395805-Marvel-Comics-Group, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259660|batch #259660]]"
  4. 22w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabakalera id → 127051
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tabakalera id: 127051, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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