Walt Disney Co said on Monday it plans to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four to its entertainment empire.
The following are some key dates for Marvel:
* 1939 - Martin Goodman founds "Timely Publications" later to become "Marvel Comics." Timely's first publication, Marvel Comics No. 1, includes the first appearance of The Human Torch.
* 1939 - Goodman hires teenager, Stanley Lieber, as an assistant. Lieber eventually took the name Stan Lee and became one of the company's most popular artists. Lee served as the company's editor-in-chief from 1941-1942 and 1945-1972.
* March 1941 - Captain America comic launched, the company's first blockbuster title.
* May 1961 - The first Marvel Comics branded comic published, the science-fiction "Amazing Adventures No. 3".
* August 1962 - Spider-Man first appeared in the comic book "Amazing Fantasy No. 15." The character got his first solo in "The Amazing Spider-Man," in March 1963.
* September 1963 - X-Men team of mutant superheroes first appeared in "The X-Men No. 1."
* 1986 - Company sold to New World Entertainment. Three years later, it was sold to MacAndrews & Forbes, owned by Ronald Perelman.
* 1991 - Marvel taken public in an initial public offering.
* December 1996 - Company declares bankruptcy.
* June 1997 - Bondholders take over control of company, financier Carl Icahn named chairman.
* October 1998 - Company emerges from bankruptcy
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