12 Facts About Marvel UK

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Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US-produced stories for the British weekly comic market.

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2.

Marvel UK later produced original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, and Grant Morrison.

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3.

Marvel UK started with The Mighty World of Marvel, which featured mainly black-and-white art with spot colouring .

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4.

In March 1975, Marvel UK launched a new weekly title called The Super-Heroes .

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5.

Marvel UK began to establish itself as a major publisher of weekly comic titles under the direction of editor-in-chief Neil Tennant .

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6.

Also included was the Black Knight, a Marvel UK character revamped to take in Arthurian concepts, as well as feature the return of Captain Britain from comic book limbo.

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7.

Starburst had been created by Skinn before he joined Marvel UK, but was purchased by Marvel when he joined the company.

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8.

Where US Marvel UK characters were featured, all the storylines were approved by the American editor in charge of that book.

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9.

Marvel UK massively expanded, and trading cards were made of their characters.

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10.

An entire sub-imprint called Frontier Comics was created in 1993, patterning itself after DC's Vertigo Comics and Marvel UK even showed up at the Lord Mayor's Show in 1993, with staff members dressed as superheroes and Death's Head II.

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11.

Paul Neary told Comic World that this was a "trimming of fat" to allow Marvel UK to focus its marketing efforts on "our strongest characters" and claimed the canceled projects would see the light of day in 1994.

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12.

In 1994, Marvel UK had ceased publishing in the US market and was now only printing a handful of titles — mostly reprints — for the UK market, as well as licensed titles like the long-running Doctor Who Magazine.

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