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Disney buys Marvel: who benefits?

House of Mouse usurps the House of Ideas - we break down the multimedia deal of the decade

Words: on August 31, 2009
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114 comments

  • fastrak - September 10, 2009 4:56 p.m.

    big corporation buys out the competition... I think it's a censorship ploy.

  • secretsearcher - September 8, 2009 9:07 p.m.

    Nightcrawler is my favorite X-man, and I have to say I'm not crazy about him jumping around killing cyborgs with swords (as cool as it was). I like the Wolverine and the X-men version of him much more.

  • MATTSHADOW - September 6, 2009 4:36 p.m.

    well if this does happen all the respect for marvel and disney would just disapper

  • lorchan - September 5, 2009 3:24 p.m.

    As much as I loved Disney Adventures as a kid, and when I got a bit older they had some great Pirates of the Caribean comics sometimes, I'm glad their dead. I have a framed page from an early 2006 issue stating that Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) would be the best game of the year. I laugh whenever I see it. Then I cry because I realize the little blue blur is dead inside. Either way, con for the world: The Jonas Brothers are getting a comic. Don't deny it, they will.

  • damagemagnet - September 5, 2009 1:17 p.m.

    I sound like a loon :) (captcha know something we don't!)

  • damagemagnet - September 5, 2009 1:15 p.m.

    I've grown up reading Marvel Comics. Nearly 26 years of stories! If Disney screws them up it will be like someone bad mouthing my parents! I just hope they keep out of the creators way. I never trust anything that only produces sugar sweet smiling wide eyed characters. They are already Disney Zombies. Look at Hannah Montana and HSM. That is puerile crap and has nothing in common with the Marvel Universe. I can't believe how much this worries me! :p

  • Defiance - September 5, 2009 11:41 a.m.

    And cows have only one sex position! The "Mickey meets wolverine in a bar" scenario sound to me pretty stupid. The people at Disney are not fools about he choices they make. Do people really think that Disney will fuse Mickey with others character elements from the Marvel collection? No I think its pretty LAME.

  • blazeinwaze - September 5, 2009 2:32 a.m.

    fing bull why the bloody hell did marvel sell out? if disney plays "family friendly" like microsoft did on the xbox 360 im gonna buy all the disney movies and burn them they better play it smart because marvel isn't for kids anymore its your tens and adults the kids can watch cartoons they do more than enough of that anyways

  • r3d - September 4, 2009 10:28 p.m.

    My concern is the corporate level, where not alot of people here have seen. what happens in the creative team that make the marvel best. Disney will force Marvel to edit themselves creatively? reduce the mature reality theme stories for a G rating. What about movie stars that pissed of disney and would be great for marvel movies. same goes to every company that doesn't follow their rules. If Disney doesn't mess with the quality of Marvel we're ok. BUT do you really think that Corporate policies in the real world won't influence their decisions, because it ain't Politically Correct or it conflicts with their sister companies? then your more ignorant than i thought reader. I only hope that Marvel is still separate with Disney like Pixar is to them; and that Marvel has still the last say with their quality of Product and Disney execs to keep out in the Marvel domain area. gaming spectability 105

  • Lazydidwhat - September 4, 2009 1:23 a.m.

    What are they insane!!!!!!!!!

  • eyesfire2 - September 4, 2009 12:26 a.m.

    (sniffle) now my lifes over they cant handle that power wait hmmmmmmmm this may lead to disey's fall |=]

  • emayekayee - September 3, 2009 3:22 p.m.

    Surprisingly insightful article from the site that usually brings us the "Top 7 Video games that have Boobs and Farts!"............... heheheheheheh farts

  • sadisticgrizzz - September 3, 2009 2:42 p.m.

    who am i kidding this is hell on earth!!

  • MechGyver - September 2, 2009 3:45 p.m.

    I wish Pink Pineapple had bought Marvel instead. (sorry for the spam, keyboard malfuction)

  • MechGyver - September 2, 2009 3:44 p.m.

    :-

  • MechGyver - September 2, 2009 3:43 p.m.

    :-

  • RAEJagainstthemachine - September 2, 2009 1:31 a.m.

    damn now were gonna have an even more duechey-er spider man hanging out with freakin hannah montana why god

  • pikachu2000 - September 2, 2009 1:01 a.m.

    First things first. I know you guys can come up with a better name than "Nerd 9/11". This DIS-VEL (DISney marVEL) deal only cover entertainment media, not science (because nerds love science). The name "Nerd 9/11" is very desrespectful to the real event that the name is based on and could you come up with a less offensive name than that? I bet that some of us have this exact same reaction when Time Warner/Warner Bros. brought DC, it just history repeating itself once again. Companies love this merging crap like crack. They better not get too big or the Supreme Court will lay the smackdown on their @$$. Disney and Time Warner is just like Coke and Pepsi. Disney is to Marvel as Coke is to Powereade. Time Warner is to DC as Pepsi is to Gatorade. And they are doing everything they can to wipe the other company off the face of the Earth. See a pattern?

  • GamesRadarBrettElston - September 2, 2009 12:29 a.m.

    As was stated in the article, Disney owns a great deal of "mature" content. No need to worry about the very very "T-Rated" Marvel universe.

  • Doctalen - September 1, 2009 11:34 p.m.

    Once I read the title I just kinda gave up. Not much of a comic book fan but the idea of Disney taking Marvel and all their characters is just blasphemy. Currently the majority of marvel superhero games just suck badly. But with Disney thrown in I have little to no hope for any future superhero games. Financially a great move by Disney but morally its worse then killing Jesus and bringing him back thousands of times in front of the most devote Christian.

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