Marvel Comics ... Comics during the Golden Age, the company published a number of superhero characters to capitalize off the monumental success of Superman. Many of these heroes would return ...

The Golden Age ... 1 in 1939, and includes a total of 2,220 comics, ending around the time the Fantastic Four were introduced ...

Captain Marvel proved to be one of the most popular superhero comics of the Golden Age, regularly outselling the adventures of Superman during the 1940s. The sales of comic books increased ...