Editing Marvel Comics (section)

=== Editors-in-chief ===
Marvel's chief editor originally held the title of "editor". This head editor's title later became "editor-in-chief". [[Joe Simon]] was the company's first true chief-editor, with publisher [[Martin Goodman (publisher)|Martin Goodman]], who had served as titular editor only and outsourced editorial operations.

In 1994 Marvel briefly abolished the position of editor-in-chief, replacing [[Tom DeFalco]] with five group editors-in-chief. As Carl Potts described the 1990s editorial arrangement:

{{blockquote|In the early '90s, Marvel had so many titles that there were three Executive Editors, each overseeing approximately one-third of the line. [[Bob Budiansky]] was the third Executive Editor [following the previously promoted [[Mark Gruenwald]] and Potts]. We all answered to Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco and Publisher [[Michael Hobson|Mike Hobson]]. All three Executive Editors decided not to add our names to the already crowded credits on the Marvel titles. Therefore it wasn't easy for readers to tell which titles were produced by which Executive Editor … In late '94, Marvel reorganized into a number of different publishing divisions, each with its own Editor-in-Chief.<ref name=pop>{{cite web |url=http://www.popimage.com/may00/interviews/pottsinter.html |title=Interview: Carl Potts |publisher=PopImage.com |date=May 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525223414/http://www.popimage.com/may00/interviews/pottsinter.html |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>}}

Marvel reinstated the overall editor-in-chief position in 1995 with [[Bob Harras]].
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'''Editor'''
* [[Martin Goodman (publisher)|Martin Goodman]] (1939–1940; titular only)<ref name="MMC4" />
* [[Joe Simon]] (1939–1941)
* [[Stan Lee]] (1941–1942)
* [[Vincent Fago]] (acting editor during Lee's military service) (1942–1945)
* Stan Lee (1945–1972)
* [[Roy Thomas]] (1972–1974)
* [[Len Wein]] (1974–1975)
* [[Marv Wolfman]] ([[black-and-white]] magazines 1974–1975, entire line 1975–1976)
* [[Gerry Conway]] (1976)
* [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] (1976–1978)
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'''Editor-in-chief'''
* [[Jim Shooter]] (1978–1987)
* [[Tom DeFalco]] (1987–1994)
* ''No overall''; separate group editors-in-chief (1994–1995)
** [[Bob Budiansky]], '''[[Spider-Man]] Group'''
** [[Bobbie Chase]], '''[[Marvel Edge]]'''
** [[Mark Gruenwald]], '''Marvel Universe''' ([[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] & Cosmic)
** [[Bob Harras]], '''[[X-Men]] Group'''
** [[Carl Potts]], Marvel Comics (licensed property titles only)<ref name=pop />
* [[Bob Harras]] (1995–2000)
* [[Joe Quesada]] (2000–2011)
* [[Axel Alonso]] (2011–2017)
* [[C. B. Cebulski]] (2017–present)<ref>{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Graeme|title=Marvel Names New Editor-in-Chief as Axel Alonso Exits|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-names-new-editor-chief-1059410|access-date=November 17, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 17, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127110731/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-names-new-editor-chief-1059410|archive-date=January 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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