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Where did Marvel Comics get its name?

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The title of Timely Comics’ first comic book, in 1939, was Marvel Comics no. 1. The company continued to release comics under the Marvel name through the 1940s and ’50s. Timely changed its name to Atlas Comics in 1951 and became Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, recalling the title it had often used.

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