BUSINESS MONDAY: Marvel Comics' miracle man set up business' success » Naples Daily News: "Success stories, especially in business, often begin as failures. Galton’s 15-year run as the head of Marvel Comics began as both had experienced a bit of failure. Galton was fired from his post as president of a paperback publishing company owned by CBS. Marvel was spiralling toward bankruptcy.
It’s kind of hard to imagine the company responsible for the X-Men, Spider-Man and Iron Man franchises could struggle. But this was the world before superheroes were bankable Hollywood commodities.
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