In the wake of DC Comics' success reviving super-heroes in the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly with The Flash, Green Lantern, and other members of the team the Justice League of America, Marvel Comics followed suit.

Editor / writer Stan Lee and freelance artist Jack Kirby created the Fantastic Four, reminiscent of the non-superpowered adventuring quartet the Challengers of the Unknown that Jack Kirby had created for DC Comics in 1957. Living in a Cold War culture, the Marvel Comics creators sought to deconstruct the super-hero conventions of previous eras to better reflect the psychological spirit of their age. Eschewing such comic book tropes as secret identities and even costumes at first, having a monster as one of the heroes, and having its characters bicker and complain in what was later called a « super-heroes in the real world » approach, the series represented a change that proved to be a great success. Marvel Comics began publishing further super-hero titles featuring such heroes and anti-heroes as the Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men and Daredevil, and such memorable antagonists as Doctor Doom, Magneto, Galactus, the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus.

The most successful new series was The Amazing Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Marvel's comics were noted for focusing on characterization to a greater extent than most super-hero comics before them. This was true of The Amazing Spider-Man in particular. Its young hero suffered from self-doubt and mundane problems like any other teenager. Marvel Comics' super-heroes are often flawed, freaks, and misfits, unlike the perfect, handsome, athletic heroes found in previous traditional comic books. Some Marvel Comics' heroes looked like villains and monsters. In time, this non-traditional approach would revolutionize comic books.

Fantastic Four #001 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, George Klein November 1961, 36 pages, cover price 10¢ File size : 11,9 Mo

1: The Fantastic Four 1: Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic 1: Ben Grimm / The Thing 1: Susan Storm / Invisible Girl 1: Johnny Storm / Human Torch 1: Mole Man

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Tales to Astonish #027 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers January 1962, 36 pages, cover price 10¢ File size : 19,4 Mo

1: Hank Pym / Ant-Man

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Incredible Hulk #001 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman May 1962, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 15,6 Mo

1: Bruce Banner / Hulk 1: Rick Jones 1: Thunderbolt Ross 1: Betty Ross 1: Gargoyle

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Amazing Fantasy #015 Stan Lee, Steve Ditko August 1962, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 14,9 Mo

1: Peter Parker / Spider-Man 1&D: « Uncle » Benjamin Parker 1: « Aunt » May Parker 1: Flash Thompson 1: Liz Allen 1: Joseph « Crusher » Hogan

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Journey into Mystery #083 Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott August 1962, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 04,1 Mo

1: Donald Blake / Thor Odinson 1: Korg

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Tales of Suspense #039 Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck March 1963, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 08,6 Mo

1: Tony Stark / Iron Man 1&D: Professor Ho Yinsen 1: Wong-Chu

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Avengers #001 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers September 1963, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 17,5 Mo

1: The Avengers Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, The Wasp Loki Hulk Rick Jones, The Teen Brigade Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl The Thing, Human Torch

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Uncanny X-Men #001 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman September 1963, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 09,6 Mo

1: The X-Men 1: Professor Charles Xavier 1: Scott Summers / Cyclops 1: Hank McCoy / Beast 1: Warren Worthington III / Angel 1: Bobby Drake / Iceman 1: Jean Grey / Marvel Girl 1: Magneto

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Daredevil #001 Stan Lee, Bill Everett, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky April 1964, 36 pages, cover price 12¢ File size : 10,2 Mo

1: Matthew Murdock / Daredevil 1&D: « Battling » Jack Murdock 1: Franklin « Foggy » Nelson 1: Karen Page 1&D: The Fixer

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