Marvel
- Country:
- United States
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 120
- Brand Groups:
- 37
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 260
- Total Number of Series:
- 11307
- Total Number of Issues:
- 57181
- Number of Current Series:
- 289
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Web Site:
- http://marvel.com
- Notes:
- Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman under a number of corporation and imprint names that have collectively become known as Timely, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas. The "Marvel era" began in 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years, was solidified as the company's primary brand.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Black Widow, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Blade, Daredevil, the Punisher and Deadpool. Superhero teams exist such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the Guardians of the Galaxy as well as supervillains including Doctor Doom, Magneto, Thanos, Loki, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Red Skull, Ultron, the Mandarin, MODOK, Doctor Octopus, Kang, Dormammu, Annihilus and Galactus. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with most locations mirroring real-life places; many major characters are based in New York City. Additionally, Marvel has published several licensed properties from other companies. This includes Star Wars comics twice from 1977 to 1986 and again since 2015.
Distribution variants:
Whitman: For issues cover dated February 1977 to around May 1979, Marvel produced non-newsstand editions that were sold mainly in packages. Some, but not all of these, were sold by Western and, because of the branding on the similar DC and Gold Key comics, are generally known as Whitman variants. For the most part they have a square diamond price and either a barcode or a white space where the barcode should be. Some issues from this time have the narrower diamond but it is not currently known if this means they were distributed differently or if it was simply because of the design of the original cover. There is definitely uncertainty between the end of the Whitman comics and the beginning of the Direct comics.
Direct: Starting with issues cover dated around April 1979, Marvel started producing non-newsstand editions to be sold in the direct market. For the most part they have a narrower diamond price and the barcode has a line through it (until February 1980 when they started putting a Spider-Man head and eventually other artwork in the UPC box area).
Direct Edition: In July 1993, Marvel started putting a barcode on the issues sold to the Direct market. They included the words "Direct Edition" in the barcode box.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Marvel Classics Comics" Featuring Frankenstein [m] | 1984 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1984 |
| "Marvel Classics Comics" Featuring Robin Hood | 1984 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1984 |
| "Marvel Classics Comics" Featuring Robinson Crusoe | 1984 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1984 |
| "Marvel Classics Comics" Featuring The Arabian Nights | 1984 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1984 |
| "Marvel Classics Comics" Featuring Treasure Island | 1984 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1984 |
| The 'Nam [m] | 1986 | 84 issues (84 indexed) | Have 102 (Need 1) | December 1986 - September 1993 |
| The 'Nam [b] | 1987 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1987 - 1989 |
| The 'Nam [b] | 1999 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | May 1999 |
| The 'Nam [b] | 2009 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 2009 - 2010 |
| The 'Nam Magazine [m] | 1988 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Gallery | August 1988 - April 1989 |
| The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time [m] | 2001 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Gallery | December 2001 - December 2001 |
| 100th Anniversary Special: Avengers [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | September 2014 |
| 100th Anniversary Special: Fantastic Four [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | September 2014 |
| 100th Anniversary Special: Guardians of the Galaxy [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | September 2014 |
| 100th Anniversary Special: Spider-Man [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | September 2014 |
| 100th Anniversary Special: X-Men [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | September 2014 |
| 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga [m] | 1997 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 1997 |
| 15-Love [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2011 |
| 15-Love [m] | 2011 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | August 2011 - October 2011 |
| 1602: Witch Hunter Angela [m] | 2015 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | August 2015 - December 2015 |
| 1602: Witch Hunter Angela [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2016 |
| 1872 [m] | 2015 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | September 2015 - December 2015 |
| 2 Gun Western [m] | 1956 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 1956 |
| 2001, A Space Odyssey [m] | 1976 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Have 24 (Need 1) | December 1976 - September 1977 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey [m] | 1976 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1976 |
| 2010 [m] | 1985 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | April 1985 - May 1985 |
| 2020 Force Works [m] | 2020 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | April 2020 - 2020 |
| 2020 Iron Age [m] | 2020 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 2020 |
| 2020 iWolverine [m] | 2020 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | September 2020 - October 2020 |
| 2020 Machine Man [m] | 2020 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 2) | April 2020 - May 2020 |
| 2020 Rescue [m] | 2020 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | May 2020 - June 2020 |
| 2099 A.D. [m] | 1995 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 1995 |
| 2099 A.D. Apocalypse [m] | 1995 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 1995 |
| 2099 A.D. Genesis [m] | 1996 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 1996 |
| 2099 Alpha [m] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 1) | January 2020 |
| 2099 Omega [m] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | February 2020 |
| 2099 Special: The World of Doom [m] | 1995 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 1995 |
| 2099 Unlimited [m] | 1993 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Gallery | July 1993 - October 1995 |
| 2099: Manifest Destiny [m] | 1998 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | March 1998 |
| 2099: World of Tomorrow [m] | 1996 | 8 issues (8 indexed) | Gallery | September 1996 - April 1997 |
| 3-D Action [m] | 1954 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 1954 |
| 3-D Adventures Weekly [m] | 1991 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1991 |
| 3-D Tales of the West | 1954 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 1954 |
| 4 [Universe X] [m] | 2000 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | October 2000 |
| 411 [m] | 2003 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | June 2003 - July 2003 |
| 5 Ronin [m] | 2011 | 5 issues (5 indexed) | Gallery | May 2011 - May 2011 |
| 67 Seconds [b] | 1992 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | October 1992 |
| A+X [m] | 2012 | 18 issues (18 indexed) | Have 46 (Need 1) | December 2012 - May 2014 |
| A+X [b] | 2013 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 1) | [May] 2013 - [May] 2014 |
| A-Babies vs. X-Babies [m] | 2012 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | December 2012 |
| A-Force [m] | 2015 | 5 issues (5 indexed) | Gallery | July 2015 - December 2015 |
| A-Force [b] | 2015 | 0 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | 2015 |
| A-Force [b] | 2015 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 2015 - 2017 |
| A-Force [m] | 2016 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Have 24 (Need 5) | March 2016 - December 2016 |
| A-Force Presents [b] | 2015 | 6 issues (2 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 3) | 2015 - 2016 |
| A-Next [m] | 1998 | 12 issues (12 indexed) | Gallery | October 1998 - September 1999 |
| The A-Team [m] | 1984 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 2) | March 1984 - May 1984 |
| The A-Team Storybook Comics Illustrated | 1983 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1983 |
| The A-Z of Marvel Monsters [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2017 |
| A.X.E.: Avengers [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | November 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants [m] | 2022 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | October 2022 - December 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Eternals [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 2) | September 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Iron Fist [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Judgment Day [m] | 2022 | 6 issues (6 indexed) | Have 27 (Need 14) | September 2022 - December 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Judgment Day [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2022 |
| A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega [m] | 2023 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 2023 |
| A.X.E.: Starfox [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 2022 |
| A.X.E.: X-Men [m] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | December 2022 |
| A1 [m] | 1992 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | 1992 - 1992 |
| AAFES 10th Edition [New Avengers: X Exchange] [m] | 2010 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | October 2010 |
| AAFES 11th Edition [Captain America: The First Avenger] [m] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | June 2011 |
| AAFES 12th Edition [Captain America the First Avenger] [m] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2011 |
| AAFES 13th Edition [The Avengers] [m] | 2012 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 2012 |
| AAFES 14th Edition [Avengers] [m] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 |
| AAFES 15th Edition [Iron Man] [m] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | June 2013 |
| AAFES 16th Edition [Thor] [m] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | November 2013 |
| AAFES 17th Edition [Captain America] [m] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | May 2014 |
| AAFES 3rd Edition [New Avengers] [m] | 2006 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | April 2006 |
| AAFES 4th Edition [The New Avengers: Letters Home] [m] | 2007 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 2007 |
| AAFES 5th Edition [New Avengers: The Spirit of America] [m] | 2007 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | October 2007 |
| AAFES 6 [New Avengers: Fireline] [m] | 2008 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2008 |
| AAFES 7th Edition [New Avengers: An Army of One] [m] | 2009 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2009 |
| AAFES 8th Edition [New Avengers: The Promise] [m] | 2009 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 2009 |
| AAFES 9th Edition [New Avengers: Hero Exchange] [m] | 2010 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | June 2010 |
| Abominations [m] | 1996 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | December 1996 - February 1997 |
| Abraham Stone | 1995 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | July 1995 - August 1995 |
| Absolute Carnage [m] | 2019 | 5 issues (5 indexed) | Have 57 (Need 22) | October 2019 - January 2020 |
| Absolute Carnage [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage Omnibus [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2020 |
| Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool [m] | 2019 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 14 (Need 2) | October 2019 - December 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Avengers [m] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | December 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Captain Marvel [m] | 2020 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | January 2020 |
| Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk [m] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 3) | December 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk and Other Tales [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors [m] | 2019 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 3) | October 2019 - December 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2019 |
| Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales [m] | 2019 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 7) | October 2019 - December 2019 |
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