Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Marvel Comics, sometimes
called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book
company. Its best-known comics include The Fantastic Four,
Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and X-Men.
Since the 1960s, it has been one of the two largest American
comics companies, the other being DC Comics. Located in New York
City, Marvel was originally headquartered at 387 Park Avenue
South but has since moved to 10 East 40th Street. In the
beginning Marvel Comics was founded in the 1930s under a
constantly changing set of names, the most cited being Timely
Comics. Its first major publication was Marvel Comics #1
(October 1939), featuring the first appearance of the superhero
Human Torch and the anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, which would
become the publisher's first superstar characters, spinning off
into their own magazines almost immediatelly. During the 1940s,
Timely was also known for publishing the patriotic hero Captain
America, which was the first character