Martin Goodman
More widely known for starting Timely/Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman broke into the pulp publishing business in 1933 with Western Supernovel Magazine (quickly retitled Complete Western Book Magazine).Background
Martin Goodman
Born: Jan. 18, 1908
Died: June 6, 1992
Goodman's Red Circle group published pulps under the Red Circle, Timely, Star, Atlas and Manvis brands.Born: Jan. 18, 1908
Died: June 6, 1992
Among the pulp Goodman published were:
- Adventure Trails
- All Baseball Stories
- American Sky Devils
- Complete Western Book Magazine
- Best Love Magazine
- Ka-Zar
- Marvel Science Stories
- Top-Notch Detective
- Top-Notch Western
- Uncanny Stories
- Uncanny Tales
At the same time he was publishing pulps, Goodman began publishing comic books. Circulations for the comic books took off in the 1940s, and by the mid-1950s were the main focus of the company. His Timely/Atlas comics were retooled into the current-day Marvel Comics in 1961.
