Marvel Entertainment
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Marvel Entertainment, Inc. | |
Type of Company | Public (NYSE: MVL) |
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Founded | 1939 (as Timely Comics) |
Headquarters | New York City |
Key people | Isaac Perlmutter, CEO |
Industry | Entertainment |
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) (previously Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.) is an American entertainment company.
The company's divisions include Marvel Characters, Inc., publisher of Marvel Comics; Marvel Studios, a film and television production company; and Toy Biz, a toy company owned by Isaac Perlmutter since the 1990s.
From 1981 to 1997 it included also Marvel Productions.