How DC Comics Helped Create the Marvel Universe — Market Mad House
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7 min readNov 13, 2021
The most bizarre plot twist in comic book history could be DC Comics’ accidental inspiration of the creation of the Marvel Universe.
Marvel became DC’s biggest and most successful competitor because of its superhero universe. Ironically, it was DC Comics that inspired Timely Comics to reenter the superhero business and launch what became the Marvel Universe.
Incredibly, the true origin of the Marvel Universe could have been at a golf game in 1961. Comic industry legend claims Atlas Comics and…