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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 all new All Ages line tied to the Marvel Universe block on

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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 1983-1994. The initial idea for the imprint was to reuse the early plots, written by

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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

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-style

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. Several titles from Marvel's failed

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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. The Marvel Age imprint was relaunched as Marvel Adventures, with ''Marvel Age:

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'' and ''Marvel Age:

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'' being restarted as ''Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man'' and ''Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four''. This time around, the stories would be original and not based on existing stories. In order to be able to tell standalone stories and to escape the trappings of having to reflect the events of other Marvel titles, none of the titles take place within the primary Marvel Universe continuity. Each title under the Marvel Adventures imprint seems to have its own continuity set apart from the other titles. In some instances, multiple continuities have even been used within single titles. The titles published consist of '' Marvel Adventures: The Avengers'', '' Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man'' and ''Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes''. Two other titles, ''Marvel Adventures:

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'' and ''Marvel Adventures:

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'', were both canceled after brief runs. ''Marvel Adventures:

'' ended its run, after 48 issues, in May, 2009. It was followed two months later by a ''Fantastic Four Giant-Size Adventures'' one-shot. In 2010, the line was ended and then rebooted with only two titles, '' Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man'' and ''Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes'' returning. Both titles started over with a new first issue. Both titles ended in March 2012, and were replaced by new titles tied to the "Marvel Universe" cartoon block on

, and are titled ''

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Adventures'' and '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Adventures'', respectively.

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

* ''Marvel Age Hulk'': Incredible (Marvel Age Hulk #1-4)

Marvel Age Spider-Man

* ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' Vol. 1: Fearsome Foes (Marvel Age Spider-Man #1-4) * ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' Vol. 2: Everyday Hero (Marvel Age Spider-Man #5-8) * ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' Vol. 3: Swingtime (Marvel Age Spider-Man #9-12) * ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' Vol. 4: The Goblin Strikes (Marvel Age Spider-Man #13-16) * ''Marvel Age Spider-Man'' Vol. 5: Spidey Strikes Back (Marvel Age Spider-Man #17-20)

Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up

*''Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up'' Vol. 1: A Little Help From My Friends (Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up #1-5)

Mary Jane

* ''Mary Jane'' Vol. 1: Circle of Friends (Mary Jane #1-4) * ''Mary Jane'' Vol. 2: Homecoming (Mary Jane: Homecoming #1-4) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' Vol. 1: Super Crush (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol. 1 #1-5) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' Vol. 2: The New Girl (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol. 1 #6-10) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' Vol. 3: My Secret Life (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol. 1 #11-15) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' Vol. 4: Still Friends (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol. 1 #16-20) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' Vol. 5: Sophomore Jinx (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol. 2 #1-5) * ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Mary Jane #1-4, Mary Jane: Homecoming #1-4, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Vol 1. #1-8)

Marvel Adventures Avengers

* ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 1: Heroes Assembled (Marvel Adventures Avengers #1–4) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 2: Mischief (Marvel Adventures Avengers #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 3: Bizarre Adventures (Marvel Adventures Avengers #9-12) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 4: The Dream Team (Marvel Adventures Avengers #13-15, Marvel Adventures Giant-Size Avengers #1) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 5: Some Assembling Required (Marvel Adventures Avengers #16-19) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 6: Mighty Marvels (Marvel Adventures Avengers #20-23) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 7: Weirder And Wilder (Marvel Adventures Avengers #24-27) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 8: The New Recruits (Marvel Adventures Avengers #28-31) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 9: The Times They Are A-Changin'(Marvel Adventures Avengers #32-35) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'' Vol. 10: Invasion (Marvel Adventures Avengers #36-39) * ''Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet'' (Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet #1-4, Infinity Gauntlet #1)

Marvel Adventures Hulk

* ''Marvel Adventures Hulk'' Vol. 1: Misunderstood Monster (Marvel Adventures Hulk #1-4) * ''Marvel Adventures Hulk'' Vol. 2: Defenders (Marvel Adventures Hulk #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Hulk'' Vol. 3: Strongest One There Is (Marvel Adventures Hulk #9-12) * ''Marvel Adventures Hulk'' Vol. 4: Tales To Astonish (Marvel Adventures Hulk #13-16)

Marvel Adventures Iron Man

* ''Marvel Adventures Iron Man'' Vol. 1: Heart of Steel (Marvel Adventures Iron Man #1-4) * ''Marvel Adventures Iron Man'' Vol. 2: Iron Armory (Marvel Adventures Iron Man #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Iron Man'' Vol. 3: Hero by Design (Marvel Adventures Iron Man #9-12) * ''Marvel Adventures Iron Man'' Vol. 4: Armored Avenger (Marvel Adventures Iron Man #13, Iron Man: Golden Avenger #1, Marvel Adventures Iron Man & Hulk: FCBD 2007, and Marvel Adventures Iron Man, Hulk, & Spider-Man: FCBD 2008)

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man

* ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 1: The Sinister Six (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #1–4) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 2: Power Struggle (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #5–8) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 3: Doom with a View (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #9–12) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 4: Concrete Jungle (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #13–16) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 5: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #17-20) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 6: The Black Costume (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21-24) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 7: Secret Identity (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #25-28) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 8: Forces of Nature (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #29-32) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 9: Fiercest Foes (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #33-36) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 10: Identity Crisis (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #37-40) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 11: Animal Instinct (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #41-44) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 12: Jumping To Conclusions (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #45-48) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 13: Animal Attack! (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #49-52) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 14: Thwip! (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #53-56) * ''Marvel Adventures Iron Man/Spider-Man'' (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #57, Marvel Adventures Iron Man #1, Iron Man #234, and Marvel Team-Up #9) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 15: Peter Parker vs. The X-Men (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #58-61)

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (vol. 2)

* ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'': Amazing (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #1-4) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'': Spectacular (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'': Sensational (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #9-12) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'': Friendly Neighborhood (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #13-16) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'': Tangled Web (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #17-20) * ''Marvel Universe Spider-Man'': Amazing Fantasy (Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol. 2 #21-24)

Marvel Adventures Super Heroes

* ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man/Iron Man/Hulk: Triple Threat'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #1-4) * ''Marvel Adventures Thor Featuring Dr. Strange, Ant-Man And Captain America'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Thor & The Avengers'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #9-12) * ''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man & The Avengers'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #13-16) * ''Marvel Adventures Black Widow & The Avengers'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #17-21)

Marvel Adventures Super Heroes (vol. 2)

* ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'': Iron Man (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #1-4) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'': Thor (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #5-8) * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'': Hulk (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #9-12 * ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'': Thor & Captain America (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #13-16) * ''Marvel Universe Avengers'': United (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #17 & 19, and Marvel Adventures Avengers #1-2) * ''Marvel Universe Avengers'': Hulk & Fantastic Four (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #21-24) Note: Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #18 and 20 are not collected because they are reprints, of Marvel Adventures Iron Man #2 and Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #10 respectively

Various series

* ''Marvel Adventures Avengers'': Captain America (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes vol. 2 #8 & 12, Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up #2, and Captain America #255) * ''Marvel Adventures Thor: Bringers of the Storm'' (Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #7 & 11 and Marvel Adventures Avengers #5 & 15) * ''Marvel Adventures Thor/Spider-Man (Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up #4, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #40, Marvel Team-Up #115-116, and Thor #391) * ''Marvel Universe: Spider-Man and The Avengers'' (Marvel Adventures Avengers #8 and 15, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #16 and Marvel Age Spider-Man #5)

References

External links

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four comics on Marvel.com

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