[News] Disney acquires Marvel? Somebody got X-Men in my Wonderland!

Yeah, that's right. I heard about this over the weekend at FanExpo, didn't see it posted here.

Quote:

Worldwide leader in family entertainment agrees to acquire Marvel and its portfolio of over 5,000 characters

BURBANK, Calif. & NEW YORK, Aug 31, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Acquisition highlights Disney's strategic focus on quality branded content, technological innovation and international expansion to build long-term shareholder value

Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.

Source and full article here. Or if you prefer BBC, go here.

How do you feel about this? There's more news to come, obviously, but for now, it sounds... interesting, at the very least.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Haha, Zerg. I JUST posted this a minute before you did.

Can somebody merge the threads or something?

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Or maybe we might get lucky and the Hulk will smash the Jonas brothers.

But no, I don't see anything bad coming out of this, really. From what I understand, Disney just OWNS Marvel, and won't really
meddle with them.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.