er ▁of ▁pul p ▁mag az ines , ▁paper back ▁books , ▁men ' s ▁advent ure ▁mag az ines , ▁and ▁com ic ▁books , ▁launch ing ▁the ▁company ▁that ▁would ▁become ▁Marvel ▁Comics . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Mo e ▁Good man , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁adopt ▁the ▁name ▁Martin , ▁was ▁the ▁oldest ▁son ▁of ▁ 1 7 ▁recorded ▁children ▁of ▁Isaac ▁Good man ▁( b . ▁ 1 8 7 2 ) ▁and ▁Anna ▁G leich en haus ▁( b . ▁ 1 8 7 5 ). ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants ▁who ▁had ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁after ▁separately ▁moving ▁from ▁their ▁native ▁Vil na , ▁Lith u ania , ▁then ▁part ▁of ▁Russian ▁Empire . ▁The ▁family ▁lived ▁at ▁different ▁homes ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁bor ough ▁of ▁Brook lyn . ▁As ▁a ▁young ▁man , ▁Mo e ▁tra ve led ▁around ▁the ▁country ▁during ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁living ▁in ▁h ob o ▁cam ps . ▁ ▁P ulp ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁Tim ely ▁Comics ▁ ▁Cir ca ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁future ▁Arch ie ▁Comics ▁co - found er ▁Louis ▁Sil ber k le it , ▁then ▁circul ation ▁manager ▁at ▁the ▁magazine ▁distribution ▁company ▁Eastern ▁Dist rib uting ▁Cor p ., ▁h ired ▁Good man ▁for ▁his ▁department , ▁assigning ▁him ▁clients ▁that ▁included ▁publish er ▁Hugo ▁G ern s back . ▁Good man ▁later ▁became ▁circul ation ▁manager ▁himself , ▁but ▁the ▁company ▁went ▁bank