Marvel Universe
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shared fictional universe of many comic books published by Marvel Comics
Key facts
- Created by
- Marvel Comics
- Original work
- Marvel Mystery Comics #7 (1940, Golden Age ) , Fantastic Four #12 and The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963, modern continuity)
- Owner
- The Walt Disney Company
- Novel s
- Marvel novels
- Comics
- List of Marvel Comics publications
- Graphic novel s
- The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection
- Film s
- List of films based on Marvel Comics publications
- Short film s
- Marvel One-Shots
- Television series
- List of television series based on Marvel Comics publications
- Television special s
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe , Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!
- Play s
- Marvel Universe Live!
- Musical s
- Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
- Video game s
- List of video games based on Marvel Comics
- Toy s
- Marvel Universe , Marvel Select , Marvel Legends
- Theme park attraction s
- Marvel Comics in amusement parks
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fictional universe
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- Commons category
- Marvel Comics
- different from
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Encyclopedic overview
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe that serves as the setting for American comic books and other media published by Marvel Comics. Many superheros and supervillains exist within the Marvel Universe, including the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Magneto, and many more.
The Marvel Universe contains almost all popular fictional elements and concepts from science fiction and fantasy genres, including magic, highly advanced technology, monsters, aliens, mythological figures, and, most notably, superhuman abilities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marvel Universe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.