When was the first Marvel comic created?

This is a little bit of a tricky question. Marvel had been integrated into Timely and Atlas for a while before releasing any titles on its own. The first comic that was officially labeled as Marvel comics was Amazing Adventures #3. See the related link below for more details.

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