Merry Marvel Marching Society (often referred to by the abbreviation "M.M.M.S.") was a fan club for Marvel Comics started by editor Stan Lee and publisher Martin Goodman in 1964.
History
Following teaser promotion in Marvel comic books cover-dated November 1964, Marvel Comics introduced the company's in-house fan club, the Merry Marvel Marching Society, in its comics cover-dated January 1965, released in the fall 1964. Generally abbreviated as the "M.M.M.S", the club offered readers a $1 membership kit that initially included a welcoming letter, a membership card, a "Voices of Marvel" record, a scratch pad, a sticker, a pinback button, and a certificate.[1] The company offered permutations of this kit, plus additional promotional merchandise such as posters and sweatshirts, through comics cover-dated October 1969.[2] As author Marc Flores, who writes under the pen name Ronin Ro,[3]