This is a mistake on Marvel's part imho.

Wow, I'm not sure if that will be good or bad. Now Marvel doesn't need to put up their own money and they "inherit" a large marketing arm.

We can guarantee though that even the most obscure Marvel character may get his fifteen minutes.

Disney just needs to rerun all their old programming from the 80s and early 90s. I miss my 1940s donald and goofy cartoons, classy jodie foster and kurt russell movies, and my #1 favorite... Ducktales.

I think Marvel will benefit, But hopefully Disney lets the do their own thing and not make them jump through hoops to put out their more racy material. Blade is part of the Marvel Universe, definitely not too family friendly.

There goes the Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk Rides at Universal Orlando:)

Wow, I hope they don't clean up any of the Marvel violence or cussing that we have all grown to love.

If I were on the board of Disney or Marvel I would be ecstatic right now - total win/win - and as fans I look at this as a win for us too.

But sounds to me like un-established writers just lost a major studio they could presumably pitch their specs to - why would Disney (or ABC or any of its distribution arms) care to look at some unproven (or even marginally proven) writer's spec when they have 5000 pre-branded characters in their pocket? Plus Pixar??

In the never ending quest for pre-branded material, will other studios follow suit?


And sounds bad for comic book content creators too - used to be you could publish with a company like Marvel and still retain some percentage of ownership of your creation (go figure!).
But now, if you create content for Marvel, total ownership will automatically revert to Disney, potentially translating into billions in future profits for Disney, but a pittance for content creators.

Ex. Think of all the money that so many people have made off the character of Wolverine ever since that character was invented - money from comic book sales, toys, action figures, collectors' statuettes & the like, t-shirts, underwear, trading cards, t.v. & of course, films.
I heard the guy that created Wolverine - in effect created all that profit for so many - to date that guy has made in the LOW FIVE FIGURES for his creation.

I'm pretty sure that Marvel is going to keep a safe distance from the Disney (family) brand.

I look forward to see what they come up with.

Those are two great companies merging together.

Disney just keeps getting bigger!!!