Comprehension Cloze 001.P5 ACS 2019 SA1

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

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

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

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

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

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

that were introduced (57) (a)   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) (a)   .

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

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