MARVEL COMICS, Continued.

Left: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962, Marvel Comics; cover art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman. Right: First issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Comics, 1963.

A flood of Super-Hero titles followed, including The Incredible Hulk (a Frankenstein-like character), The Amazing Spider-Man, Dr. Strange (Merlin-Dracula-the Shadow), The Invincible Iron Man, The X-Men, and The Mighty Thor (taken right out of Norse Myth). A great roster of Super-Villains plagued the Marvel world, such as Doctor Doom (a Darth Vader inspiration), Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, Magneto, and Galactus. Within the new millennium, Marvel published the new imprints MAX, Marvel Age, and their Ultimate Marvel series which exists in a parallel universe and allows the redesign of their Super-Heroes and Super-Villains for new generations. Marvel Entertainment continues its trading activities on the New York Stock Exchange, successful film franchises flourish, and other media incarnations attest to the huge popularity of this form of Modern Mythology.

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