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The Untold Story: Why Marvel’s Heroes Were Sold Off—And How They Bought Hollywood Back.

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Marvel would reinvent itself many times over the decades, but the foundations stayed. Even when storytelling became more psychologically rich, more politically layered, and more self-aware, the core idea remained
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Contents

1. “Punching Hitler in the Face” – The Golden Age & How It All Started

If you want to understand Marvel Comics, you have to start long before the Marvel logo, long before the post-credit scenes, and definitely long before Thanos snapped anyone out of existence

1. “Punching Hitler in the Face” – The Golden Age & How It All Started.mp4

2. The Silver Age — Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and the Revolution of Imperfect Heroes

If the Golden Age was Marvel’s fiery origin story, the Silver Age was its full-blown awakening — the moment Marvel stopped being just another comic publisher and became Marvel, the studio with personality

2. The Silver Age — Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and the Revolution of Imperfect Heroes.mp4

3. “With Great Power Comes Great… Debt”: Marvel’s 1990s Meltdown and Bankruptcy

It’s the closest Marvel ever came to being snapped out of existence, not by a purple alien with a gauntlet, but by its own business decisions.

3. “With Great Power Comes Great… Debt”_ Marvel’s 1990s Meltdown and Bankruptcy.mp4

4. “Selling the Family Silver”: How Marvel Saved Itself by Licensing Its Heroes

Marvel clawed its way out of bankruptcy not through a magical comeback or a sudden hit comic book, but through something far less romantic and far more practical

4. “Selling the Family Silver”_ How Marvel Saved Itself by Licensing Its Heroes.mp4

5. “I Am Iron Man”: The 525-Million-Dollar Gamble That Created Marvel Studios

If the licensing era was Marvel’s survival story, then Marvel Studios is its resurrection — the moment the company stopped depending on other people to bring its heroes to life and decided to take control of its own destiny.

5. “I Am Iron Man”_ The 525-Million-Dollar Gamble That Created Marvel Studios.mp4

6. “When Mickey Met Marvel”: The Disney Merger and Marvel’s Global Domination

By 2008, Marvel Studios had done the impossible.
A company that once filed for bankruptcy was suddenly a rising star.

6. “When Mickey Met Marvel”_ The Disney Merger and Marvel’s Global Domination.mp4