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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Marvel+Productions&amp;version=62&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FMarvel%2BProductions&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> James Fabiano, Matt Williams, ExclaimEntertainment and Adam P.</font></i><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Eric S., snelfu, Shadeed A. Kelly, TrickyMario7654, EnormousRat, V of Doom, mr3urious, Giblitz112, Pygmalion X, and TheEriccorpinc<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> </i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom</i></font><font><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font></i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i> TheLogosGuy201, mcydodge919, and </i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>zyber9</i><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: </font></font><font color="#333333">During the Cadence Industries Corporation</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> era,</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Marvel Comics</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> began to produce animated shows in 1977 joining forces with [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]. In 1981, David H. DePatie sold the studio to Marvel Comics and DFE became "Marvel Productions, Ltd." as Marvel's animation division. In 1983, Marvel Productions joined forces with [[Sunbow Entertainment|Sunbow Productions]], who ended their venture in 1987. Cadence Industries was liquidated<font face="Arial"> and sold<font face="Arial"> </font></font>Marvel Entertainment Group<font face="Arial"> to </font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">[[New World Entertainment|New World Pictures]]</font> i</font>n 1986, and later <font face="Arial">became<font face="Arial"> part of New <font face="Arial">World Entertainment</font></font></font>. In 1993, Marvel Productions was renamed to [[New World Animation]]/Family Filmworks. However, in 1994, New World and Marvel formed Marvel Films and Marvel Films Animation. In 1996, New World was sold to News Corporation; after the sale was completed in 1997, New World was folded into Fox. However, its Family Filmworks division (which included New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation) was folded into [[Fox Kids Worldwide|Fox Children's Productions]], which merged with [[Saban Entertainment]] to form [[Fox Family Productions|Fox Family Worldwide]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial">. </font>In October 2001, the Walt Disney Company purchased Fox Family Worldwide, along with Saban, renaming them as "[[ABC Family Originals|ABC Family Worldwide Inc.]]" and "BVS Entertainment" respectively.</font><font color="#333333"><font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"> Today, Disney owns the libraries of Marvel Productions, with a few exceptions.<br/><br/><br/></font></font><font face="Arial">1st Logo</font><br/><font face="Arial">(September 9, 1978-September 19, 1981)</font><br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Comics Animation (1970s)" height="165" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/5dkVuvzL4fHVXdUw_6svWA29185/GW219H165" title="Marvel Comics Animation (1970s)" width="219"/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Comics Animation (1970s)" height="164" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/c531ea0f203e52a1513eb8bbdb9cbe74/GW221H164" title="Marvel Comics Animation (1970s)" width="221"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Comics Animation (1979)" height="165" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/nClKobQGrFr5Tvz9902g_g60750/GW219H165" title="Marvel Comics Animation (1979)" width="219"/></font><br/><br/></font></div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Spider-Man Emblem", "The Spider-Man Logo"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a blue or light blue background, there is text that reads:</font><br/><br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">A</font></font><br/></b><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">MARVEL COMICS</font></font><br/><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">ANIMATION</font></font></b><br/><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">P r e s e n t a t i o n</font></font></font></div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333"> <br/>At the top left is a white circle containing a blue circle in the center. Inside of it features </font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">Spider-Man's head inside the blue circle. The circle is surrounded </font><font color="#333333">by a text that says "</font><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">MARVEL COMICS ANIMATION</font></font></b><font color="#333333">" in a different position (a la [[MGM Television|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television]] or [[Sunbow Entertainment|Sunbow Productions]]). The closing </font><font color="#333333">variant is on a navy blue background having only Spider-Man's head in a white circle and the text above in center position.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The opening variant is usually silent, but on the closing variant, the closing theme of the show was used.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Rare for the opening var<font face="Arial">iant, extremely rare f<font face="Arial">or the closing variant</font></font>. Seen on Marvel shows during the era. The opening variant was also seen on television broadcasts of the 1967-1970 <i>Spider-Man</i> cartoon, several season one episodes of <i>Spider-Man</i> <i>and His Amazing Friends</i>, and may also appear on <i>The Fantastic Four</i> and <i>The Marvel Super Heroes</i> episodes of the same era. On Netflix, the opening logo is preserved, but the closing logo is plastered by the 2009 Marvel Animation logo.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>:</font><font color="#333333"> None.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">2nd Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(February 14, 1981-Late 198<font face="Arial">7</font>)<br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1981)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/64ec5c09e70ec2af3f4f05d5f261fbef/GW172H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1981)" width="172"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1981)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/398700aebfc1ef0a99823147ab14f628/GW172H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1981)" width="172"/><img align="bottom" alt='Marvel-DFE Productions Still "MP" (1982)' height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/XRn6Xb5TBTPvhkWwdMlyww65153/GW169H127" title='Marvel-DFE Productions Still "MP" (1982)' width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Quality Media from Eric S." height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/q0m8NR9Xt_H0i1QjgARNnw23039/GW169H127" title="Quality Media from Eric S." width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions (1981-1985)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/QIK4oo_L1ahXMlGhDqYXoQ8538/GW169H127" title="Marvel Productions (1981-1985)" width="169"/></font><br/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1982?, in-credit)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/80aa26a810a0b1c7129a9baeaace6c17/GW172H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1982?, in-credit)" width="172"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1983)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/1e1dd657f5fd77dbcd23bf08c0e87f5d/GW169H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1983)" width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel/Mirisch/Geoffrey/DFE/UA (1981)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/b15ad3ffcf092d6933d5e8a92ebd99c0/GW169H127" title="Marvel/Mirisch/Geoffrey/DFE/UA (1981)" width="169"/><font><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions / InterMedia (1982)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/fdd6db00beebfa4556dad039c36f66a8/GW167H127" title="Marvel Productions / InterMedia (1982)" width="167"/></font><font><img align="bottom" alt="Intermedia-Marvel: 1982" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/YcrNYBhWnloWRx6lWvVLLA47107/GW169H127" title="Intermedia-Marvel: 1982" width="169"/></font><font><br/></font><font><img align="bottom" alt="Sunbow/Marvel (1984)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/IMftw7tra6SqsyAZo3H9Xw7709/GW169H127" title="Sunbow/Marvel (1984)" width="169"/></font><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Sunbow Productions / Marvel Productions Ltd. (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/618282ce9979dbe84f5844d09a86ec97/GW169H127" title="Sunbow Productions / Marvel Productions Ltd. (1987)" width="169"/></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1985)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/619a79a14faf3f019e1d3a09c4e53949/GW167H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1985)" width="167"/></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1986 A)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/33IiYi8VPOAJ_8zRsJAXxQ24514/GW167H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1986 A)" width="167"/></font></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe height="163" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/3729980c50dd058fd5f1b5511dc8cf933d36605c" width="211"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> <br/><u>Nickname</u>: "MP"</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: On a blue background, several large sets of lines rotate. Over the lines, a "star" traces out the company logo that of a stylized "<b>MP</b>", with another "<b>M</b>" cut out of the "<b>M</b>" part of the logo. When the logo is fully traced and the lines are in position</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> (with horizontal lines for the "<b>M</b>" part and vertical lines for the "<b>P</b>"), the logo flashes, and the "<b>M</b>" cut out turns white while the rest turns yellow. The logo shrinks to the top-left corner, a "<b>MARVEL PRODUCTIONS LTD.</b>" is drawn out with a star below it in a groovy font. The byline</font> "A CADENCE COMPANY"<font color="#333333" face="Arial"> is seen below the logo.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font></font><ul><li><font size="3">There is also a completely different "short" version in which some white grids rapidly converge together to form the logo at the top of the screen with the usual text forming below (the byline is closer to the company name this time). The "O" shines with a "ping".</font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3"><i>The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat</i> has a rare still variant of the logo with a DePatie-Freleng byline. the logo's BG is much lighter than the normal logo.</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Sunbow-Marvel Combo Variant</u>: See [[Sunbow Entertainment]] for description. </font><font color="#333333">A bylineless version of the logo on this </font><font color="#333333">variant also exists.</font></font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3">On the short-lived cartoon series <i>Meatballs and Spaghetti</i>, the <font color="#333333">[[The Fred Silverman Company|Intermedia]]</font> logo is seen above the Marvel Productions logo. The Marvel logo has a shining light effect directly behind it.</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">Another short-lived cartoon series <i>Pandamonium</i> has the InterMedia logo below the Marvel Productions logo. The "MP" shines the same way as in the </font><font color="#333333"><i>Meatballs and Spaghetti</i> variant.</font><font color="#333333"> </font><br/></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">In <i>The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight</i>, the logo lacks the "MP" altogether, and simply says "<font color="#0000ff"><b>A MARVEL PRODUCTION</b></font>" in the same font as the logo. On the bottom is a </font>DePatie-Freleng and [[United Artists Pictures|United Artists]] byline. The normal logo's music is intact.</font></li><li><font size="3">On the test pilot of the cartoon <i>Defenders of the Earth</i>, the still logo and byline are seen in white with "PRODUCED BY" above it.<br/></font></li><li><font size="3">On the <i>Little People</i> VHS tape <i>3 Favorite Tales</i>, the logo has a more darker blue BG, is still and has the byline "A NEW WORLD COMPANY". This variant is a prototype of the next logo.</font></li><li><font size="3">Still variants exists with the logo superimposed into the background. An mid-'80s airing of an episode of <font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends</i></font> had this with the Cadence byline in a white rectangle.<br/></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The "star" effects and drawing in of the logo, and the rotating lines, which may remind one of [[Avco Embassy Television|Avco Embassy]]'s logo.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A very dramatic fanfare composed by Rob Walsh. The end theme of the show may finish over it, especially the short and still variants.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. Most Marvel shows of this time (<i>The Incredible Hulk</i>, <i>Dungeons and Dragons</i>, the 1981 solo <i>Spider-Man</i> series, <i>Defenders of the Earth</i>) have been updated with either a newer Marvel logo and/or a Saban logo. However, you may still see this logo on some videos of Marvel shows of this time. It also turned up when <i>Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends</i> was reran on Disney XD (the logo is still present on the Disney+ prints). The still variant with the DFE byline is rare, and it was seen only on <i>The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat</i>, the last [[Dr. Seuss Enterprises|Dr. Seuss]]/DFE animated special. The short version also appeared on the failed <i>Solarman</i> pilot, made in 1986 but released on video in 1989, then aired only once on Fox Kids in 1992. The still version with the New World byline only appeared on <i>3 Favorite Tales</i>. The version without the "MP" </font>was only seen in on the Pink Panther special <i>Pink at First Sight</i>. The first episode of the 1981 solo Spider-Man series on Disney+ retains this logo and the ARP Films logo (as it appears to have been transferred from an aged film print); the rest of that series has the 3rd logo (and is taken from videotape masters).<br/><br/></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: While the logo does reek of cheesiness for its visuals and overly dramatic fanfare, the animation is still quite nice for an early '80s logo.<br/></font></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">3rd Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(September 13, 1986-December 12, 1993)<br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions, Ltd. (1986)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/79108d62077e8679dd42a003c6702f1e/GW172H127" title="Marvel Productions, Ltd. (1986)" width="172"/><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1986)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ceYN47qDpDDX4ybjDO611g104790/GW169H127" title="Marvel Productions Ltd. (1986)" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Marvel Productions (Jim Henson Byline)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/9bUEKecDikCQEKAIi6LUcw14376/GW169H127" title="Marvel Productions (Jim Henson Byline)" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Quality Media from Eric S." height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/6GNkyS_e6ZA-7tRhjG9zbQ30819/GW169H127" title="Quality Media from Eric S." width="169"/></font><font color="#333333"><br/><img align="bottom" alt="Sunbow/Marvel (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/Vu-sLbNgTg76lDOaXntcOQ11815/GW169H127" title="Sunbow/Marvel (1987)" width="169"/></font><img align="bottom" alt="Sunbow/Marvel (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/3tLfjoEa20TEG_DFSlvsiA21965/GW169H127" title="Sunbow/Marvel (1987)" width="169"/><br/></font><iframe frameborder="0" height="135" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/ed065739ee1b50a57e4ed7755180f19f5e3dbc87" width="239"></iframe><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="135" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/62d8ea51c189a4fad400896429c2fb08d442cf74" width="239"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> <br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "MP II", "CGI Spidey", "The Spider-Man Logo II"</font><font color="#333333">, "Silver Spider-Man", "Scary Spidey"<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: In space, we pan out through a series of glowing 3D bars. As the bars rotate up towards us, we see that it is the Marvel Productions logo, done in glorious 3D (and with the "<b>M</b>" cut-out not filled in). In the background, a CGI Spider-Man leaps up, and the logo is "absorbed" into his body, turning him silver. The space background turns into a "time warp mode" into a silver background, as the words "<b>MARVEL PRODUCTIONS LTD.</b>" rise up from the bottom-right with a trail behind it. The "<b>MP</b>" logo returns to the screen, as the silver Spider-Man somersaults to the top of it and takes a prowler-like stance above it as the logo takes its place on the center of the screen (Spidey's eyes return shortly after). The Marvel Productions text takes its place below the logo. The byline, "A NEW WORLD COMPANY" fades in when the animation is all done.</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Trivia</u>: The reason for the "MP" logo being absorbed and then mysteriously reappearing is to provide a place to cut the logo so that it is not as long. In most cases, however, the logo is shortened so that only the tail-end of the animation is seen. </font><font color="#333333">This logo was animated at Digital Productions (known for <i>The Last Starfighter</i>). The concept of the chrome Spidey flying through space was bizarre, but that was the assignment.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font></font> </font><ul><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On some shows, this logo is bylineless.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">A still variant exists.<br/></font></font></li><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On late '80s Henson co-produced shows, a copyright stamp for [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]] fades in below.</font> </font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Sunbow-Marvel Combo Variant</u>: See [[Sunbow Entertainment]] for description.</font></li><li><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">On <i>Robocop: The Animated Series</i>, the logo fades into the New World International logo.</font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333"> <br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zooming and panning of the MP, as well as Spider-Man.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A THX-like "chord" sound with some futuristic "whooshes". On the video release of the 1989 <i>X-Men</i> pilot, a dramatic synth tune is heard. At other times, the ending theme plays over it.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon, bordering on rare. The short version was seen on many shows, including the late 1980's <i>Marvel Action Univers</i><i>e</i> block (<i>Dino Riders</i>, <i>RoboCop</i>, and the <i>Pryde of the X-M</i><i>en</i> pilot), the first season of <i>Biker Mice from Mars</i> (with the second season New World Animation took over), the animated <i>Blondie &amp; Dagwood</i> special (and its' sequel, <i>Second Wedding Workout</i>), <i>Rude Dog &amp; The Dweebs</i>, <i>Spacecats</i>, and the animated adaptation of <i>Attack of the Killer Tomatoes</i>. </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> </font>It was most notably seen on Henson co-produced shows like <i>Muppet Babies</i> and <i>Fraggle Rock</i> (the animated version). </font>The long version is very rare, and was<font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">used </font>to plaster the original logos on later prints of pre-1986 Marvel <font face="Arial">shows <font face="Arial">such as </font></font></font></font><i>Spider-Woman</i>,<font face="Arial"> the 1978 cartoon <i>The<font face="Arial"> New Fantastic Four</font></i><font face="Arial">, the 1981 <i>Spider-Man </i>cartoon and even the 1966 series <i>The Marvel Super Heroes</i></font></font>; it also appeared on early '90s video releases of Marvel material.</font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u><font><font face="Arial">: T<font face="Arial">his lo<font face="Arial">go<font face="Arial"> had some of the most </font></font></font>impressive </font></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">computer animation </font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">for a<font face="Arial">n '80s</font> television logo, and it remains a popular one <font face="Arial">by logo enthusiasts. <br/></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br/></div></div>Travis