Comprehension Cloze 001.P5 ACS 2019 SA1

The world of the Marvel universe was unveiled in 1961. The company responded to the (51)___ interest in superhero books

by hiring writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby to (52) ___ the Fantastic Four.

With the creation and release of the first Fantastic Four comic book in November 1961, readers were introduced (53) ___ a superheroic setting that was rooted in the real world.

Lee and Kirby attempted to make their comic (54) ___ characters more original by allowing them to interact in a realistic fashion,

including heroes often fighting or arguing with (55) ___ other.

This trend continued with a flood (56) ___ superhero characters

that were introduced (57) ___ Marvel Comics during the early 1960s, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the X-Men.

Lee wrote the majority of Marvel’s books during that time, and Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko were the most important and influential (58) ___.

The late 1960 and early 1970s saw a new generation (59) ___ creative talent emerge at Marvel.

In 1967 Jim Steranko began to write and draw stories featuring secret agent Nick Fury in (60)___ book Strange Tales.