Welcome to the Inaugural episode of Box of Scraps. This first episode is the foundation and backstory needed, to gain a full comprehension of how Marvel Studios came to be. It is full of stories and anectdotes of over 40 years of Marvel History, including: half a dozen banktupcies, some of the worst exectives ever, and exactly how the movie rights to some of Marvel's biggest characters became scattered across Hollywood. Sources below.

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This episode was written by Jeremy Bratetich, and hosted by Jeremy Bratetich and Kerry Palmer. Artwork by Ruby Innes.

Box of Scraps is a fully researched chronicle of Marvel Studios. Each episode, we talk about the production history of the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; who made it, how it was made, and why? Box of Scraps is a show from MiniMap, an independant games outlet. Head to MiniMap.com.au for everything else we do, and you can get in contact with us by emailing to scraps(at)minimap.com.au

Box of Scraps is not affiliated with Marvel or Disney in any way.

Sources:

• Marvel Comics The Untold Story by Sean Howard
• The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joana Robinson, Dave Gonzales and Gavin Edwards.
• The Story of Marvel Studios by Tara Bennett.
• Comic Wars “Marvel’s Battle for Survival” by Dan Raviv
• Den of geek
• CBR
• Hollywood Reporter
• Variety
• LA Times
• New York Times
• Slate
• Kidsfirst.org
• The Corporate Directory of US Public Companies 1995
• The AWL
• Superhero Hype
• Washington Post
• EW
• Bloomberg
• Colombia College
• Cinemablend
• DEADLINE
• CNBC