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Marvel Comics is the brand name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc. formerly Marvel Publishing Inc. and Marvel Comics Group a publisher of American comic books and related media. In 2009 The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment Marvel Worldwide's parent company.Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman under a number of corporations and imprints but now known as Timely Comics and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. 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.