Marvel Adventures, formerly Marvel Age, was an imprint of Marvel Comics intended for younger audiences, including small children. Unlike the standard comics published by Marvel, which often take place in story arcs spanning several issues, each Marvel Adventures comic tells a standalone story. In April 2012 it was replaced by the all new All Ages line tied to the Marvel Universe block on Disney XD.
History
Age
The idea was initially established as the Marvel Age imprint in 2003. The Marvel Age name had last been used as the title of a promotional magazine published by Marvel from 1983 to 1994. The initial idea for the imprint was to reuse the early plots, written by Stan Lee in the 1960s, in a modern-day setting, with new writers and artists retelling the stories. The stories would be published in the standard comic book format and quickly collected and reprinted in manga-style digest size. Several titles from Marvel's failed Tsunami line, as well as several other Marvel series, were also collected in this format and released under the Marvel Age banner. Each book also contained character concept sketches by the artists on the last pages.
Adventures
In 2005 Darwyn Cooke was brought on to develop a new all-ages book based on Marvel's heroes. The stories would be independent from the Marvel 616 Universe and feature an array of Marvel's most popular characters. Cooke was eventually left behind by Marvel and the book carried on without him where a new batch of creators were brought on to tell stories Cooke never intended to tell.
Digests
Marvel Digests were collections of Marvel Age/Adventures comic books compressed into smaller digest-sized books, rather than the original larger magazine form. Following theme with the Marvel Age comic books, they contained concept art sketches of characters in the back of the books.
Marvel Age Fantastic Four
- Marvel Age Fantastic Four Vol. 1: All for One (Marvel Age Fantastic Four #1-4)
- Marvel Age Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Doom (Marvel Age Fantastic Four #5-8)
- Marvel Age Fantastic Four Vol. 3: Return of Doctor Doom (Marvel Age Fantastic Four #9-12)
Marvel Age Fantastic Four Tales
- Marvel Age Fantastic Four: Clobberin' Time (Marvel Age Fantastic Four Tales #1, Tales of the Thing #1-3, Spider-Man Team-Up Special #1)
Marvel Age Hulk
See also
- List of Marvel Digests
External links
References
- Cooke Gets Honest About "Before Watchmen," Turning Down Morrison Comic Book Resources, April 9, 2015, retrieved April 10, 2015^
- Marvel Ends Current Kids Line of Comics Comic Book Resources, December 19, 2011^
- Marvel Launches All-Ages "Avengers" & "Ultimate Spider-Man" Comics