Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment.

I am by no means as big a Marvel fan as I am DC, but my god, this could be terrible.

Yahoo News story about it

I don't even know what to say. Completely flabergasted.

Holy Crap! This is...um...wow?!

I can't wait for the Howard vs. Donald mini.

Toothgrinder wrote:I can't wait for the Howard vs. Donald mini.

I made that same joke on another board.

What can I say? Great minds think alike.

Holy shit! This is crazy.

Goodbye MAX line.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha

Is it me or or 4 billion sounds too low for the whole corporation?

Pre OMD or post OMD?

Well done mr Quesada this may be the first documented case of the internet literally cracking in half.

What does Joe Q have to with this? He's just an employee and the deal was signed by the share holders of both companies.

Its a joke....an admitedly crap joke but a joke

Wonder if this Marvel/Disney thing has anything to do with Warner Bros/DC market.

Looks like we are going to be seeing the Disney Logo infront of Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America.

shining knight wrote:Its a joke....an admitedly crap joke but a joke

No...it's really not...

Do I hear the sound of Horsemen?

Spider-Man wrote:
Looks like we are going to be seeing the Disney Logo infront of Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America.

Doubtful. I don't think some of you guys realize just how much Disney owns that doesn't have the Disney brand name plastered all over it.

Honestly, outside of possibly having bigger budgets for the movies, I don't think this is going to affect Marvel's IP in any way creatively.

Doug I know this is real it was the fact that I said Joey Q was behind it (as he is behind everything) thats the joke

shining knight wrote:Doug I know this is real it was the fact that I said Joey Q was behind it (as he is behind everything) thats the joke

STOP BEING SO FUCKING CLEVER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. :x

ha!

O M G - FINALLY!

WALL-E/CAPTAIN AMERICA CROSS OVERS!!!

i am soooo PSYCHED!

Airwolf wrote:O M G - FINALLY!

WALL-E/CAPTAIN AMERICA CROSS OVERS!!!

i am soooo PSYCHED!

Or an Incredibles/Fantastic Four crossover; which, thinking about it, could actually be kind of awesome.

Although, it'd more likely be Incredibles/Power Pack.

syndrome as an marvel villian I could live with that

Joshua wrote:

Spider-Man wrote:
Looks like we are going to be seeing the Disney Logo infront of Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America.

Doubtful. I don't think some of you guys realize just how much Disney owns that doesn't have the Disney brand name plastered all over it.

Honestly, outside of possibly having bigger budgets for the movies, I don't think this is going to affect Marvel's IP in any way creatively.

Yep. The only thing that could happen is that like with WB/DC, someone from Disney will now be the connection between the companies and oversee that everything is fine at the new division. Until last summer WB and no involvement at all with their comics company aside from giving DC money.

I wonder they'll kill their recent contracts with other comics publishers (Boom! Studios just recently won some Disney franchises from Gemstone) and move them to Marvel. It's not like Marvel didn't publish Disney properties in the past.

Also, I hope for minimum to none intervention, unless Disney has a better plan to improve Marvel.

superdoug wrote:
STOP BEING SO FUCKING CLEVER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. :x

Don't know how to break it to you, but it's already late noon at Dave's place. He has lots of advantage over you right now.

syndrome as an marvel villian I could live with that

It won't happen. There may be Disney-comics produced by Marvel, but the worlds will never blend. This is no different than Time Warned owning DC and Warner Bros. characters staying out of the DCU.

Spidey_82 wrote:
I wonder they'll kill their recent contracts with other comics publishers (Boom! Studios just recently won some Disney franchises from Gemstone)

I was wondering the same thing. I imagine the Disney stuff Boom! has right now will continue without hindrance for now, but once the contract expires, I imagine it will all revert back to Marvel.