Changes: Martin Goodman (Earth-616)

Revision as of 23:10, 16 August 2011

History

Martin Goodman was the publisher in charge of Timely Comics in the 1940s, which at the time was popular for its books based on real life super-heroes the Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and Captain America.

In the summer of 1942, writer Carl Burgos came to Martin with an idea he was given by the Human Torch that openly mocked Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Goodman liked the idea and gave his consent liking how the Human Torch was going to see that copies of the book ended up being air dropped into Nazi Germany. This would have repercussions when Hitler ordered the assassination of Burgos, but this attempt was thwarted by the Torch, Toro and Bill Everett, another Timely Comics employee.

Goodman continued to run Timely Comics and its successors Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics through until 1968. He died in 1992.

Notes

Martin Goodman is based, obviously, on the real life Martin Goodman who was publisher of Timely/Atlas/Marvel Comics until 1968.

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 | HistoryText             = Martin Goodman was the publisher in charge of [[Timely Comics]] in the 1940s, which at the time was popular for its books based on real life super-heroes the [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Human Torch]], [[Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)|Sub-Mariner]] and [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]].
-In the summer of 1942, writer [[Carol Burgos (Earth-616)|Carl Burgos]] came to Martin with an idea he was given by the Human Torch that openly mocked [[National Socialist German Workers Party (Earth-616)|Nazi]] leader [[Adolf Hitler (Earth-616)|Adolf Hitler]]. Goodman liked the idea and gave his consent liking how the Human Torch was going to see that copies of the book ended up being air dropped into Nazi Germany. This would have repercussions when Hitler ordered the assassination of Burgos, but this attempt was thwarted by the Torch, [[Thomas Raymond (Earth-616)|Toro]] and [[Bill Everett (Earth-616)|Bill Everett]], another Timely Comics employee.
+In the summer of 1942, writer [[Carl Burgos (Earth-616)|Carl Burgos]] came to Martin with an idea he was given by the Human Torch that openly mocked [[National Socialist German Workers Party (Earth-616)|Nazi]] leader [[Adolf Hitler (Earth-616)|Adolf Hitler]]. Goodman liked the idea and gave his consent liking how the Human Torch was going to see that copies of the book ended up being air dropped into Nazi Germany. This would have repercussions when Hitler ordered the assassination of Burgos, but this attempt was thwarted by the Torch, [[Thomas Raymond (Earth-616)|Toro]] and [[Bill Everett (Earth-616)|Bill Everett]], another Timely Comics employee.
 Goodman continued to run Timely Comics and its successors [[Atlas Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] through until 1968. He died in 1992.