English
Etymology
From Marvel + -ite.
Noun
Marvelite (plural Marvelites)
- (fandom slang) A fan of the superhero media franchise Marvel.
1992 March 13, Jester, “NOMAD (if ya haven't already.....buy it!)”, in rec.arts.comics[1] (Usenet):That funny. I was an exclusive Marvelite for many years. I started collecting some DC and Indy's within the last few years.
1993 November 23, Francis A Uy, “SPLIT: rac.marvel-universe”, in rec.arts.comics.misc[2] (Usenet):A die-hard Marvelite will only be reading the Marvel articles anyways.
1997 December 2, Evan Shanks, “Found: Classic X-Men Boxed Set”, in rec.toys.action-figures[3] (Usenet):Seeing these takes me back to I was a young Marvelite.