Marvel Comics to Leave New York City for Hollywood After 90 Years

Marvel Comics is practically synonymous with New York City. Many of its astir iconic characters are based there, and Marvel itself has operated retired of NYC for the entirety of its astir 90-year history. But that's yet acceptable to change, with The Hollywood Reporter penning that Marvel Comics is packing up and moving to Hollywood.

This alteration is portion of a broader effort to restructure Marvel's publishing part and consolidate the full institution successful 1 location. This relocation was announced contiguous astatine a institution municipality hallway presided implicit by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Marvel’s caput of television, animation, comics and franchise Brad Winderbaum and Marvel's wide manager, comics and franchise David Abdo.

As portion of this restructuring, Marvel Comics volition besides person a caller editor-in-chief going forward. Current EiC C.B. Cebulski is being replaced by Steve Wacker, an exertion notable for critically acclaimed bid similar The Superior Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, and Daredevil. Wacker besides has multimedia experience, having helped spearhead the Marvel's Wastelanders podcast bid and antecedently winning an Emmy for his enactment connected Marvel's 2017 animated bid Rocket & Groot. Wacker had antecedently near Marvel successful 2022 to absorption connected autarkic projects, but present he's backmost successful the Marvel fold.

Meanwhile, Cebulski isn't leaving Marvel, but volition alternatively instrumentality connected a caller presumption successful Japan arsenic editor, Asia originals, portion of Marvel's caller propulsion into the manga market. Under this caller firm structure, Wacker volition study straight to Winderbaum, portion Cebulski volition beryllium portion of Wacker's team.

"New York has played a immense portion successful who Marvel is arsenic a company, and successful the pages of our comics," reads a unit memo obtained by THR. "While our web of writers and artists is present an planetary operation, New York is inactive woven into our DNA and that volition ne'er change. Our colleagues successful New York person helped signifier generations of stories and characters, and their contributions to Marvel’s bequest cannot beryllium overstated. We sincerely anticipation they take to proceed that travel with america successful California. We are committed to supporting each affected worker passim this transition, which volition instrumentality spot implicit the adjacent 12 months."

This improvement comes 13 years aft DC made a likewise astonishing determination to relocate to California. Both companies were formerly New York City fixtures, but thing lasts forever.

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