Ownership history of Marvel Comics

• 1939-1947 - Timely Comics
• 1947-1968 - Magazine Management (Timely Comics was renamed Atlas Comics in 1951, Atlas Comics was renamed Goodman Comics in 1957 and Goodman Comics was renamed Marvel Comics in 1961)
• 1968-1986 - Cadence Industries
• 1986-1989 - New World Pictures
• 1989-1993 - Andrews Group
• 1993-1997 - Marvel Holdings, Inc.
• 1997-1998 - Icahn Enterprises
• 1998-2005 - Marvel Enterprises
• 2005-2009 - Marvel Entertainment
• 2009-present - The Walt Disney Company