Marvel Journal Entry

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics (formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group) is an American publisher of comic books and related media. Marvel, founded by Martin Goodman, started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel 's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel is a very successful company and has survived for 75 years so far.

Both Felix and Antonio are seventeen years old, they live in New York City. Felix and Antonio have the dream of one day to become lightweight champions of the world. They are silver and bronze medallions. They train at Boys Club on Tenth Street, Avenue A,and Pro`s gym on Fourteenth Street. With their boxing career they both are very well respected. They are also well known because of their skill level. As Antonio and Felix were getting close to the match they felt a wall grow between them,because they had to fight each other and they both wanted to win. At the end of the match they were both champions.

They had been assigned to room together, and got into a fight over their individual identities and what they thought should be on the walls of their room.

After Antonio and Felix split up they both had very interesting ways of dealing with their separation and preparing for their fight. “The flick was The Champion with Kirk Douglas, the third time Felix was seeing it….Felix became the champ and Antonio the challenger.”(Thomas) Felix was picturing the fight as a movie instead of two friends going against each other. When doing this he became prepared for the fight without worry. Antonio also had a way of dealing with the separation. “Antonio was passing some heavy time on his rooftop. How would the fight tomorrow affect his relationship with Felix? After all, fighting was like any other profession. Friendship had nothing to do with it.”(Thomas) It proves how Antonio is willing to put their friendship aside, so they can have a fair fight. Antonio wants to stay friends with Felix so, he pretends not to be friends with him during the fight.

"Your name is Andrew. You are 13 years old. You are an orphan. And your life sucks."

Every night I would sneak out to see you, the kids next door would peek out their windows and watch me shaking their heads or offering to help me but I didn’t want it. It was tradition you know, to meet up with each other no matter how far apart we were. I remember the first night we met. I was working in the hospital and you stupidly had cut yourself whilst cooking and needed thirteen stitches, we became friends and then you finally asked me out for coffee. You sure were something to look at, you only came up to my shoulder and had these beautiful blue eyes that you just couldn’t help but get lost in. The date went great except that you nearly spilt coffee all over me but at least I agreed to go out with you again. I remember feeling exhilarated

In the article, “ Modern Marvels” by John Loocrapper, it conveys the history of toilets and toilet paper along with how they are made. In the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro located in present day Pakistan, they had the most advanced plumbing system of the world. It was very important to drain the sewage out of the cities so the smell would not cover a vast part of their area and they did just so. These devices have changed from then but most of the concepts that were created are still in use today. This piece of literature supports the claim how a toilet is made, the history of toilet also known as the evolution, and the background of toilet paper.

After reading the stock characteristics one that caught my attention would be "Briguella” due to the fact that Loki from the Avengers fits the role. Loki or better known as the "God of Mischief" is a god in Asgard that was once run by his father Odin. Loki's desires are to take the throne for him, doing anything necessary to reach his goals. Risking and taking the lives of many in multiple attempts to reach said goals. The schemes done by the god can be viewed as dangerous and overall deceitful which is why I think Loki falls under said category.

"Good morning Anton y and Skyler," Barbe said, "You slept in, but there is no school because of a meeting at the school so you have a day to run around!"

Thesis/Central Idea: To understand Marvel Comics today, it is important to understand the history of the industry and its name changes from Timely Comics, to Atlas Comics, and lastly Marvel Comics.

When it comes to "hook and loop fasteners", Velcro is one of the most prosperous innovation. Velcro is a prominent brand of a "zipperless zipper" that is bound into two strips and is in a various amount of different colors. Additionally, Velcro can be found used in everyday items such as replacing buttons and zippers in clothing or any fabric-based products, organization, or arts and crafts. Velcro has been used many times by a countless amount of people since the 1940s and it is still being improved upon until today.

Marvel saw excellent turnover from their comic book franchise creating famous titles such as “Fantastic Four” and “The Amazing Spider-Man,” however in the 90’s Marvel was bought by a corporate raider, who’s tactics burst the bubble leading to the market collapse of Marvel comics. In the 80’s to 90’s Marvels inspiring pop-culture fonts and concept art drove their consumers to love and collect comics many became fanatics and investing enthusiasts; This behavior is understandable, I myself found reading comics emotionally satisfying as the human mind undyingly thrives for entertaining stories. With mainstream media hyping up the attention, enthusiasts and fans quickly took to labeling comics as “collectible items”. After

Marvel Enterprises Inc, is famously known for one of the most recognizable collections of characters in the entertainment industry. The proprietary library of over 4700 characters contributed to the success of the company, in which the characters have been featured in various media forms for over 70 years. However due to various issues, Marvel was forced to file for bankruptcy in the late 1990s. Nevertheless after Toy Biz, Inc. acquired the company out of bankruptcy, it formed a new board and a new strategic direction. The three key strategies that can be identified to Marvel's success are: 1) monetizing the content library via licensing characters for the use of media products and consumer products i.e. motion

When is the last time you saw a superhero? There is a fifty percent chance that this person is one of Marvel’s infinite amount of superheroes and greatly known as the mass producers of comic book heroes and villains. Marvel itself has become one of the most dominate pop culture icons on the face of the planet (Knutson). Marvel is one of the most influential when it comes to all ages living in the United States because of being operational for so long: The 1940’s and World War II, the 1970’s and the television screen, and even today with the highlights of producing movies.

"You really going to pretend you weren 't just staring at me like a creeper from across the bar?" Seto laughed.