Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Marvel's 1993 Annual Report, Part 1

In 1993, I purchased four shares of stock in Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. solely so that I could get a copy of Marvel's Annual Report, which I had heard was published in comic book form.

Oh man did they deliver.

PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3

Here are a few pages from the 1993 Marvel Annual Report:

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(cover)


(rear cover)


(inside cover)









Oh yeah, there's more where that came from.

Twenty-seven more comic book pages describing the year for Marvel Comics, Licensing and Advertising, Fleer, and Toy Biz.

And then there's thirty-one pages of financial data in boring old prose form, except for a few illustrations and charts like this:



(That demographic outlook is totally favorable!)

And for those of you who are interested, here's a look at Marvel's revenues, costs, income, etc. from 1989 through 1993:



As I said above, there is a ton more stuff in here.

PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3

3 comments:

  1. Hey, i'm down. This shit is bomb-dropping.

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  2. That Storm chart is awesome.

    From the cover of this thing, it looks like something you'd get a Pizza Hut.

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  3. On the cover Wolverine has adamantium claws, but in the story he has bone claws!

    OMG I'm so embarrassed for them! What a gaff!!!

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