Exactly 80 years ago this week, on Aug. 31, 1939, something new appeared on newsstands. The pulpy, 10-cent cover promised “action, mystery and adventure,” and depicted a flaming creature bursting ...

Marvel Comics has been one of the single most important companies in pop culture for decades now, and though the Marvel Cinematic Universe has recently made the company's impact spread outside of the ...

Saturday, Aug. 31, is Marvel’s 80th anniversary, and the company is marking the occasion in a number of ways, including promotional partnerships with retailers like Disney Store, Box Lunch and Amazon, ...

Ah, the 1980s. A great decade for comics? Or the greatest decade? U-Decide! Either way, in April, Marvel's 80th-anniversary Decades celebration reaches the 80s, featuring some of the best comics ...

Marvel has held the comic sales chart in a stranglehold for a long time now, but it’s a bridge too far to say that Marvel’s the best superhero comic publisher. Marvel has often gone for style over ...

However, that doesn’t mean that everything was perfect. There were some great characters created back then, but there were also lots of very cringe characters, ones who played out of what was popular ...

For days now, Bleeding Cool has been telling you that Marvel Comics #1000 is the big 80th anniversary from Marvel Comics featuring 80 one-page stories by 80 creative teams. And with Marvel Comics #1 ...

After the usual amount of teasing, Marvel Comics has announced plans for an anniversary comic celebrating the company’s 80-year history in 80 pages. Each page of Marvel Comics #1000 will come from a ...