=====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. 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. ===Outside links=== ~- [[http://pulpinfo.org/project/goodman/goodman_checklist.html Goodman Pulps]] ---- ==Categories== PulpContributors