Diablo (Marvel Comics) Diablo (Marvel Comics) Diablo (Esteban Corazón de Ablo) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Diablo is an enemy of the Fantastic Four. He is depicted as an evil alchemist. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in "Fantastic Four" vol. 1 #30 (September 1964). Diablo was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in "Fantastic Four" vol. 1 #30 (September 1964). In a 2013 interview with Chris Hardwick of Nerdist, creator Lee said that Diablo was his greatest regret because he cannot
Marvel Comics was able to capitalize on its successful superhero comics of the previous decade by acquiring a new newsstand distributor and greatly expanding its comics line. Marvel pulled ahead of rival DC Comics in 1972, during a time when the price and format of the standard newsstand comic were in flux. Goodman increased the price and size of Marvel's November 1971 cover-dated comics from 15 cents for 36 pages total to 25 cents for 52 pages. DC followed suit, but Marvel the following month dropped its comics to 20 cents for 36 pages, offering a lower-priced product with a higher distributor