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Marvel Comics Company
1. Important historical facts
2. Marvel’s Universes
3. Marvel’s best-know characters
4. Marvel’s characters organizations
5. Important things/ objects in Marvel’s Comic Books
6. Marvel’s creators
7. Marvel’s movies and cartoons
3. A little bit of history
Founded in 1939 as Timely Comics
(founder Martin Goodman)
Early 1950s change in Atlas Comics
In 1961 transformation in Marvel Comics
Company
In 2009 The Walt Disney Company aquired all
Marvel’s legacy for $4.42 billion
4. Marvel’s Universes
Words „Marvel’s Universe” containes:
• all fictional and non-discovered places,
• Many of nonrealistic and parallel worlds,
• all characters (superheroes and normal
people),
• and also a lot of technical innovations
created in comic books.
5. Marvel’s Universes
Main universes (Earth)
Alternative universes
(alternative versions of world)
Parallel universes
Pocket universes
(mythical and mystical – Olympus, Asgard)
6. Main of main universes
Earth-616 (Main planet, our Earth)
Alias: Prime Earth, Earth One
8. Earth-1610
[2000]
On this planet events goes
diffrentelly, but present day are
similar. – alternative
universe
Ancient Atlantis and Lemuria
war
Aliens landed in 18th century
Big war Humans vs Mutants
9. Asgardia [1962]
pocket universe
Home of Norse mythological God, connected with
Earth-616. Home of Odin, Thor and Loki.
10.
11. Marvel’s
Characters
Spider-Man (Peter
Parker, Earth-616)
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 111 kg, 76 kg as
Peter Parker
First appearance: 1962
23. Funny Fact: Deadpool, unlike most characters, is
aware that he is in a comic book and able to express
his thoughts via captions.
24. Wolverine
James Logan Howlett
Man with claws from
bones
Immortal Man, born in
1880 in Canada
Lord of Wolvs
Weapon X (adamentium
skeleton)
25. Bad guys – Red
Skull
Johann Shmidt
Nazis, Head of Hydra
Fight with Capitan
America
26. Thanos
Dark Space Invader,
Cosmic Titan, One of the
most powerfull villans
27. Organizations – X-Men
This organization was founded by profesor Charles
Xavier to found and conected all Mutants – people
with some special abilities
28. The head of X-Men
was at first Wolverine
[man who has
skeleton from
adamentium and
claws in hands] and
next Cyclop [man with
laser in his eyes.
29. Fantastic Four
SuperHero
organization with:
Leader Reed Richards
– Mister Fantastic
Abilities: elastic body
like a gum
33. Invisible Woman
Susan Storm like most
woman – first she is
everywhere, in the
end she is
unattainable and
unseen
Human Torch older
sister
34. Thing
Benjamin Jacob Grimm
Human-Rock
He has no apparent
neck. He has only
four fingers
(including the thumb)
on each hand and
four toes on each
foot.
35. S.H.I.E.L.D.
First shortcut: Supreme
Headquarters, International
Espionage, Law-
enforcement Division
Present: Strategic Hazard
Intervention Espionage
Logistics Directorate
Founded to combat
technologically advanced
threats on world security
(specifically the menace of
Hydra), throughout the
years, remained on the front
lines fighting terrorism as
an international intelligence
agency.
36. Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick Fury
Former U.S. Army
soldier, CIA
Agent,
Comandos
Founder of
Avengers Project
38. Squad of Avengers
Superheroes in Avengers comic
series always occured in
different positions.
The most popular configuration
is: Iron Man, Hulk, Thor,
Spider-Man, Wolverine and
Capitan America + Nick Fury,
Hawkeye and Natasha
Romanoff (Black Widow) from
S.H.I.E.L.D.
39. Transformers Autobots (good) vs Decepticons (bad)
Optimus Prime – Megatron
43. Stan Lee
He is inventor and creator of many characters in Marvel
universe. He is 90.
He draw Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four.
44. If You thing that all Marvel characters are from USA
You are wrong!
Capitan Britain
Brian Braddock
45. Magneto!
Max Eisenhardt
Leader of bad Mutants
Best friend and biggest enemy of
Xavier
He attract every kind of metal
He is Jewish and was born in
Auschwitz.
He probably is a Pole!
He had wife Magda and daughter
Anya.
46. Marvel Movies
Marvel’s Univers contains Movies is
called Earth-199999
Films with Marvel’s Superheroes:
Hulk
Iron Man
Fantastic Four
DareDevil
Thor
Punisher
Capitan America
Spider-Man
Ghost Rider
Avengers
48. What films are next?
"Iron Man 3" – 3th May 2013
"Thor 2" – 15th November 2013
"Captain America 2" – 4th April 2014 roku
„Guardians of the Galaxy” – 16th May 2014