In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics.

Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics.

Marvel Mystery Comics | Marvel Comics # 1 ( Oct. 1939 ), the first comic from Marvel precursor Timely Comics.

Martin Goodman founded the company later known as Marvel Comics under the name Timely Publications in 1939, publishing comic books under the imprint Timely Comics.

* December – Timely Comics ' Captain America Comics # 1 ( cover dated March 1941 ), first appearance of Captain America and Bucky, hits newsstands in the United States.

Beginning in the mid-1940s, he worked for several years with Stan Lee on comic books at Timely Comics ( now known as Marvel Comics ), ranging from Combat Kelly and The Ringo Kid to Tessie the Typist.

He worked for numerous companies including Marvel Comics ' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics ; Vin Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises, where he created Skyman ; and at EC, where he served a brief stint as head writer.

While Timely Comics ' quickly forgotten Flexo the Rubber Man had preceded " Plas " as comics ' first stretching hero, Cole's character became an immediate hit, and Police Comics lead feature with issue # 5.

The Red Skull was introduced in Timely Comics ' Captain America Comics # 1 ( cover-dated March 1941 ), written and drawn by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Category: Timely Comics characters

Between early 1939 and late 1941, DC and sister company All-American Publications introduced such popular superheroes as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, Hawkman, and Aquaman, while Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles that featured the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America.

Although DC and Timely ( which evolved to become Marvel Comics ) characters are more famous today, circulation figures suggest that the best-selling superhero title of the era may have been Fawcett Comics ' Captain Marvel, whose approximately 1. 4 million copies per issue made it " the most widely circulated comic book in America.

Among the many licensed Terrytoons products are comic books, with the company's characters initially licensed to Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics, in the early 1940s.

* Girl Comics, a title from Timely Comics, Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics

In comic books, Jack Frost appears as a superhero in works published by Timely Comics ( Marvel Comics ) in the 1940s.

Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s – 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.

Timely Comics, an imprint of Timely Publications, was the earliest comic book arm of American publisher Martin Goodman, and the entity that would evolve by the 1960s to become Marvel Comics.

Marvel Comics # 1 ( Oct. 1939 ), the first comic book from Marvel Comics | Marvel predecessor Timely Comics.

Marvel Comics was rechristened Marvel Mystery Comics with issue # 2 ( Dec. 1939 ) — the magazine would continue under that title through # 92 ( June 1949 ) before becoming Marvel Tales through # 159 ( Aug. 1957 ) — and Timely began publishing additional series, beginning with Daring Mystery Comics # 1 ( Jan. 1940 ), Mystic Comics # 1 ( March 1940 ), Red Raven Comics # 1 ( Aug. 1940 ), The Human Torch # 2 ( premiering Fall 1940 with no cover date and having taken over the numbering from the unsuccessful Red Raven ), and Captain America Comics # 1 ( March 1941 ).

This character was later integrated into Marvel Comics ( then called Timely Comics ) via Marvel Mystery Comics | Marvel Comics # 1 ( Oct. 1939 ).

He first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics # 7 ( Timely, April 1942 ).

Created by the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics # 13 ( Nov. 1940 ), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics.

" A Timely Talk with Allen Bellman ", Comicartville Library, 2005, p. 2.

In 1939, with the emerging medium of comic books proving hugely popular, and the first superheroes setting the trend, pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman founded Timely Publications, basing it at his existing company.

" Within this framework, historian Jess Nevins writes that, " Timely Publications how Goodman's group companies had become known ; before this it was known as ' Red Circle ' because of the logo that Goodman had put on his pulp magazines ...." A variation was used as a publishing imprint on some Timely comics, with the Michigan State University's Comic Art Collection Reading Room Index giving Red Circle Magazines as an " American comics publisher, a Timely-Marvel imprint ", and listing issues of Comic Capers ( 1946 ), Snafu ( 1956 ) and My Own Romance ( 1960 ) as examples.

The letters broadly conform to the words Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely with the addition of the words Evaluate and Reevaluate used in more recent literature.

Red Raven Comics # 1 ( Aug. 1940 ), from Marvel predecessor company Timely Comics, became The Human Torch with issue # 2, dropping all features from the debut issue.

Timely failed to provide any drawing of Captain America with his shield or any further background, and Republic created a whole new background for the character, and portrayed the character using a gun.

The first Toro made his debut in Timely Comics's Human Torch Comics # 2 ( premiering fall 1940 with no cover date and as issue # 2, having taken over the numbering from the single-issue Red Raven ).

In dynamic covers featuring Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, other Timely superheroes or any combination thereof, Schomburg filled every square inch with flamboyant characters, flames, knives, guns, explosions, Nazis, Japanese, and pretty girls in need of rescue.

The college produces several television programs, including " A Novel Conversation ", a current events talk show with MCC Instructors David Takitaki and Kurt Troutman ; and " Timely Topics ", hosted by Andy Wible ; and the college's own sporting events.

After the Guardians disband, Rocket Raccoon takes up a normal job with Timely Inc.

Timely artist Allen Bellman recalled in 2005, " Don and some of the other artists didn't bother with Syd Shores, who was the unofficial bullpen director.

* Human Torch in Marvel Comics # 1 ( October ) created by Carl Burgos, published by Timely Comics

In 1939, pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman expanded into the newly emerging comic book field by buying content from comics package Funnies, Inc .. His first effort, Marvel Comics # 1 ( cover-dated Oct. 1939 ), from his company Timely Publications, featured the first appearances of writer-artist Carl Burgos ' android superhero, the Human Torch, and Paul Gustavson's costumed detective the Angel.

He graduated to drawing for early Timely / Marvel Comics titles, including the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner.

The first Toro was originally featured in Timely Comics and later as a Marvel Comics superhero who appeared as the partner of the original Human Torch.

There have been two superheroes called the Human Torch in the fictional pantheon of Marvel Comics and its predecessors, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics.

For Timely Comics, the 1940s company that would evolve into Marvel Comics, he created Captain Wonder, the Young Allies, Tommy Tyme and the patriotically themed superheroine Miss America, and also wrote for stories starring Captain America, the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, the Destroyer, the Whizzer, and the All-Winners Squad.

As well, he drew the brief revival of the 1940s Golden Age of Comics superhero the Human Torch, from Marvel's 1940s predecessor Timely Comics, in Young Men # 21-24 ( June 1953-Feb. 1954 ).

His most notable creations during the Golden Age of Comic Books were The Human Bomb for Quality Comics, and the Angel, who debuted in Marvel Comics # 1 ( Oct. 1939 ), the first publication of Marvel Comics forerunner Timely Comics.

Fago headed the Timely animator bullpen, which was largely separate from the superhero group that produced comics featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America.