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Marvel Comics  is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of  comic books  and related media. In 2009,  The Walt Disney Company  acquired  Marvel Entertainment , Marvel Worldwide's parent company. Marvel started in 1939 as  Timely Publications , and by the early 1950s had generally become known as  Atlas Comics . Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched  The Fantastic Four  and other superhero titles created by  Stan Lee ,  Jack Kirby ,  Steve Ditko  and many others. Marvel counts among  its characters  such well-known superheroes as  Iron Man ,  Captain America ,  Hulk ,  Thor ,  Doctor Strange ,  Spider-Man ,  Deadpool ,  Wolverine ,  Ms. Marvel  and  Ant-Man , such teams as the  Avengers , the ...

The  Dark Knight  is a 2008  superhero film  directed, co-produced, and co-written by  Christopher Nolan . Based on the  DC Comics character  Batman , the film is the second part of Nolan's  The Dark Knight Trilogy  and a sequel to 2005's  Batman Begins , starring an  ensemble cast  including  Christian Bale ,  Michael Caine ,  Heath Ledger ,  Gary Oldman ,  Aaron Eckhart ,  Maggie Gyllenhaal  and  Morgan Freeman . In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant  James Gordon  (Oldman) and District Attorney  Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle  organized crime  in  Gotham City , but are menaced by an  anarchist  mastermind known as the  Joker  (Ledger), who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and turn the city to chaos. Nolan's inspiration for the film was the Joker's comic book debut in 1940, the 1988 grap...

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman , directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer . It stars Christian Bale , Michael Caine , Liam Neeson , Katie Holmes , Gary Oldman , Cillian Murphy , Tom Wilkinson , Rutger Hauer , Ken Watanabe , and Morgan Freeman . The film reboots the Batman film series , telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos. Following the poor reception of Batman & Robin (1997) there was a series of unsuccessful attempts to resurrect Batman on the big screen which put the Batman film series on hold for nearly eight years, Nolan and Goyer began work on the film in early 2003. Aiming for a darker, more realistic tone compared to the previous films, a primary goal for their vision was to engage the audience's emotional investment in bo...

The Dark Knight Rises  is a 2012  superhero film  directed by  Christopher Nolan , who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother  Jonathan Nolan , and the story with  David S. Goyer . Featuring the  DC Comics  character  Batman , the film is the final installment in  Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy , and the sequel to  The Dark Knight  (2008).  Christian Bale  reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of allies:  Michael Caine  as  Alfred Pennyworth ,  Gary Oldman  as  James Gordon , and  Morgan Freeman  as  Lucius Fox . The film introduces  Selina Kyle  ( Anne Hathaway ) and  Bane  ( Tom Hardy ). Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save  Gotham City  from nuclear destruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dar...