It all began here in 1939, the issue that launched the company that would become Marvel Comics. In this issue we meet the first two stars of Timely Comics, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner! It’s a run through of the issue as Classic Comics looks at this historic issue from the Golden Age of Comics.


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You can also check out my chapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.”


https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755


And:


“Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?”


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Philosophy-Blackwell-Culture/dp/1119635845/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F69N3WJBZMF3&keywords=what+can+wakanda&qid=1642053514&sprefix=what+can+wakanda%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1


Links


Marvel Comics #1


https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/10008/marvel_comics_1939_1


Marvel Comics #1000


https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/75125/marvel_comics_2019_1000


Timely Comics


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timely_Comics


Funnies, Inc.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnies_Inc.


Martin Goodman


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Goodman_(publisher)