[4] In 1980, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, where he majored in history and minored in philosophy and economics.

They also increased Marvel's publication of trade paperbacks, and are credited with shepherding the company from bankruptcy to profit, and with earning positive reviews from within and outside of the comics industry.

[2] Other later initiatives include titles such as Trouble, The Call and Marville, the last of which was Jemas's entry in the U-Decide competition with Quesada and Peter David.

Comic book writer Gail Simone said on her blog that she ghost wrote for Jemas during his tenure at Marvel.

[10] She later clarified that she was referring to a comedic article about Marvel giving away free cookies rather than an actual comic.

[16] In December 2013, Jemas joined Take-Two Interactive to start a graphic fiction imprint, Double Take Comics.

The publisher announced that its first slate of titles would include books by creators such as Peter Milligan, Frank Cho, and Christa Faust.

The series, which was intended to establish a new superhero universe, debuted on March 18, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold in the United States.