How Iron Man Saved Marvel: David Maisel Shares the Real Story with Sean Callagy
David Maisel, the founder of Marvel Studios, built the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) not through luck, but through a rare fusion of creative vision, financial acumen, and relentless tenacity. He saw a global mythology in a comic book company selling only 5,000 Iron Man comics a month, and
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