Disney owns Marvel

OMG, Disney bought Marvel for 4 Billin Dollars. So Spidey has some new friends, the gang from Disney. I never guessed that this day will come that Disney owns Marvel. It´s like Wolverine and Donald Duck, Cable and Pluto, it will be so strange. I hope that it won´t hurt the comics and that the crossovers will eventually be a success.

The NY-Times reports: "LOS ANGELES — Spider-Man and his Marvel Entertainment cohorts will join the Walt Disney Company in a $4 billion deal announced early Monday. Disney said in a statement that it would pay a combination of about 60 percent cash and 40 percent stock to acquire Marvel, which has a stable of some 5,000 characters that includes the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor."

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”

“We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,”
via: Marvel.com



-strike first-
-strike hard-
-no mercy-

xo migfly