Dec 10, 2021
Miguel O'Hara as Spider-Man by Rick Leonardi and Al Williamson from the cover of Spider-Man 2099 #1 remastered by Marvel for the cover of the Spider-Man 2099 TPB (2009)
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Miguel O'Hara as Spider-Man by Rick Leonardi and Al Williamson from the cover of Spider-Man 2099 #1 remastered by Marvel for the cover of the Spider-Man 2099 TPB (2009)
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.'s initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Marvel issued 4.2 million shares of common stock at $16.50 per share in a $69 million offering that valued the total company at approximately $240 million. The IPO would drive the company to chase accelerated growth - supercharging its comic publishing initiatives and aggressively pursuing licensing deals in trading cards, toys, television and film. The pursuit of growth would also lead to a series of disastrous acquisitions that would burden the company with $1.7 billion of debt and drive Marvel to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1996. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Marvel emerged from bankruptcy in 1998 and was ultimately acquired by Disney in 2009 for $4 billion. As they say, the rest is history!
Captain Britain in his original costume by Alan Davis from the Direct Market Edition cover of Marvel’s Captain Britain Omnibus (2009)
Susan Richards by Darwyn Cooke (2009)
The Uncanny X-Men by Roger Cruz from the cover of the Uncanny X-Men: First Class - Hated & Feared TPB (2009)
The Uncanny X-Men by Roger Cruz with colors by Nei Ruffino from the cover of Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1 (2009) remastered by The Marvel Project.
Hawkeye and Mockingbird by Jo Chen from the variant cover of New Avengers: The Reunion #1 (2009)
Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman by Alex Ross (2009) from the variant cover of Spider-Woman #1