: Then a teenager named Stanley Lieber, Goodman’s cousin-in-law began as an administrative assistant before eventually rising through the ranks to become the face of the brand. The 1950s Slump and the Birth of "The Marvel Age"
Unlike purely celebratory puff pieces, it acknowledges Marvel’s 1990s bankruptcy, bad creative decisions, and how selling film rights to Sony (Spider-Man) and Fox (X-Men) was a desperation move—one that accidentally saved them. marvel 75 years from pulp to pop