United Cigar Stores

It eventually became part of the corporation that bought Marvel Comics and its parent company Magazine Management from their founder in 1968.

[1] Though initially specializing in cigars, it eventually sold many other items, such as Mickey Mouse watches and shoe trees.

As the Great Depression deepened, the real-estate subsidiary accumulated huge losses, so in September 1932 the holding company declared bankruptcy.

[8][9] In 1968, it bought out publisher Martin Goodman, founder and owner of Magazine Management Company, the parent of Marvel Comics and other ventures.

[8] The Company renamed itself Cadence Industries Corporation in 1970,[10] and was liquidated in 1986, selling its Marvel Entertainment Group to New World Pictures.

St. Louis, Missouri, 1925 (on corner)
On April 19, 1917, the cowcatcher of the Flatiron Building United Cigar Store was transformed into a mock fort for the "Wake up America Day" parade.