• LOL

• HOLY SH** IM FREEKIN OUT THINKIN ABOUT A WOLVERINE MOVIE MADE BY PIXAR IM SURE THEYL LEAVE OUT ALL THE VIOLENTS, REPLACE HIS CLAWS WITH FLOWERS AND GIVE HIM THE PERSONALITY OF A UNICORN. AND WHAT ABOUT THE NEW DEADPOOL MOVIE THATS COMIN OUT!!!!!!!!!! EVERY1 FREEK OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $£"% "^" £"% £%"" $"$ "$"$%*% (()$&%*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUGUGAAA HEART ATTAK NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Hey evry body put down your comics for a sec ,and pick up a little book called, the mouse betrayed,you will never look at Disney the same way again.

• @ Matt I completely agree. Comics are something kids should collect (but only Marvel comics). What I'm worried about, is that Disney will focus on Marvel's marketability. And besides, Punisher, Ghost Rider, and many other characters rarely cross into the All-Ages comics. If they did, they would be joking around, and helping old ladies cross the street. It's just not them. @ Zero True. But like I've said. Those movies were never meant to be turned into action figures and games. Marvel characters were basically bought for this. And that's why I worry for these darker anti-hero characters. They're too dark to be marketed to Disney's main focus (younger audiences). Sure, the movies might be made, but it'll be different. They'll know that kids are a big market, and thus, will change these characters into friendlier and marketable characters. It's just money to them!

• Fuck you Marvel ,you fucking sellout

• @Marvel Man You DO realize that Disney has owns a studio that focuses on PG-13 and R-rated movies, don't you? Disney is not all fluffy, family-friendly pap. They do realize they have an adult audience, and they provide product for them. Disney owns Buena Vista, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax Films. Buena Vista and Touchstone are alternate brand names for Disney to release less "family" oriented films, or more wide-appeal films, like "Con Air", "Pirates of the Carribean", "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", "Armageddon", "Enemy of the State", and "Good Morning Vietnam". Hollywood Pictures releases more controversial/adult fare that doesn't have the "Disney" feel to it, like "An American Werewolf in Paris", "Grosse Point Blank", "The Sixth Sense", "Dead Presidents", "Dangerous Minds", and most recently, horror film "Stay Alive". Miramax releases the more a wide array of films, like "Princess Mononoke", "Fist of Legend", "Shaolin Soccer", "Spy Kids", "Pulp Fiction", "The Crying Game", "sex, lies, and videotape", "Kids", "Scream", "Clerks 2", and "Kill Bill". Yes. KILL BILL, complete with blood-soaked Crazy 88s scene, was released by a Disney company. So I think Wolverine will still be able to pop his claws.

• All I have to say is this: Marvel super hero movies as done by Pixar. Nevermind doing live-action any more. They've got PIXAR, dammit. They can make movies that are BETTER than live action. They can make movies that have the right "feel", like the opening cinema on "Marvel Ultimate Alliance", or like the entire "Batman: Arkham Asylum" game. With animation, they can skip the primadonna actors and give us REAL-LOOKING superheroes with cool voice-over work. Hell, most of the superhero moments are CGI anyway, so why not make the WHOLE MOVIE a photo-realistic animated feature? This is pretty cool. Make it so.

• I think it's funny how many people are so ill-informed that they think Eisner is still in power at Disney. Idiots! Stop bitching when you don't know the facts!!!!!

• @Marvel Man, Yes, Marvel does have an all-ages line where Wolverine isn't allowed to swear or cut people, and they should. At this point, the large majority of people who read comics are adults. I think it's all fine and good that there are comics with mature themes and storylines, but not having all-ages material pretty much assures that readership would die out (or at least shrink substantially) after the current generation of fans stops collecting. The Marvel Adventures line has been going for years, and it hasn't had any effect on the regular in-continuity books. If anything, I see Disney promoting the Marvel Adventures line pretty heavily rather than mandating changes on the 616 universe.

• Doesn't Disney have both Power Rangers and Tarzan too?

• Disney isn't stupid. They will probably try a couple of cross over stuff like push for a Disney-Marvel comic that is still separate from the rest of the Marvel Universe. But they will most likely use it for movie rights, and making some new rides. I don't really think there is much to fear by this. I worked with Disney character development for a year during a school project and we met with some of high-ups. They gave the impression that they know that people don't want Mickey shoved down their throat. I'm not saying it's not a bad thing. I'm just saying I'd be surprised if they really fucked it up.

• Oh my God! I can't believe this, I don't think this is a good idea, it's not good news. I'm not happy.

• People are overreacting. Disney is likely not going to intrude on the creative direction of Marvel's comics line. All they care about is making money off Marvel's powerful intellectual properties. Disney cares about the business Iron Man 2 will do in theaters, not what Tony Stark is doing in the Marvel Universe. And you know what, fanboys? In some cases, this is a BAD thing. Marvel has an excellent all-ages line that's making a transition to a shared universe continuity. With Disney's backing and level of distribution, this is the perfect opportunity to push the Marvel Adventures line into the damned stratosphere. The Marvel Adventures (and Runaways!) digests should be at every grocery store, convenience store, Wal-Mart, Target, and Barnes & Noble checklane in the country. Kids should be buying those by the truckload. If Disney pushes Marvel to make that their official secondary line, replacing the gutted Ultimate Universe, Marvel might actually make money off something other than licensing their characters out. Imagine that, True Believers.

• HILARIOUS!!! All my Marvel Zombie friends are telling me in the coolest calmest fake voices how great this! It's like they are trying to tell me how great that not only is their girlfriend pregnant with triplets but also the parents are going to let them move into their double-wide trailer, with the entire family (who owns the trailer park compound and of course, the broken down cars, trucks, junkpile and nearby swamp) and their 27 cats, after the marriage! Yayyy, Marvel and Disney, whoo-ho! And they walk away, nerd-boy face blanched like all the blood transfusions in the world couldn't bring color back to that face...

• And so it ends... Seriously, what is Marvel thinking? What?! Just think about it. A couple years back, Marvel was bankrupt. It had many internal problems, not to mention all the crappy storylines which made up the 90s. Back then, yes, this might've made sense (business wise). Fast forward to today (Err.... I mean, yesterday): Marvel has expanded like never before. With Marvel movies (Made with help from Paramount/Universal) making plenty of money, and a new videogame around the corner (not to mention the new cartoon, which will be aired on cartoon network) it's good to be a Marvelite. And then this. What does Marvel gain here (aside from money)?! Disney just bought thousands of new characters (many of which appeal to boys. Something Disney's princesses & pop artists lack) but Marvel has lost it's freedom. I'm not saying that Marvel's dead, but it just jumped into a pile full of dead bodies. As for Marketing? A small gain. But it's funny that people would mention DC/Warner. Do you see how they clash? How Warner hasn't done anything with DC's characters, but doesn't allow them to go to other companies? Do you see how DC movies not starring Super/Batman fall apart? That might be Marvel! And the thought sickens me... Then there's censorship, & Disney's need to have kid friendly superheroes. Some have said that Disney allowed Kill Bill, No Country for Old Men, and other movies to be made, but that's different. I don't see any Kill Bill rides over at Disney World, and one of Disney's reasons to buy Marvel was to get some bucks from rides, action figures, cartoons, etc. Why else would Disney buy 5,000+ characters? And here's were it gets tricky. Nowadays, Spider Man is just as likely to fight the Sandman, as he is an organized criminal empire. How will Disney play this (In other words, will Disney set limits in order to maintain Marvel character's marketability)? Marvel got around this by making all-age comics, showing Spidey fighting colorful villains, with morals & whatnot. It allows Marvel to continue with cannon and publish complex storylines.  But what will Disney do? Will it maintain this? Will it retcon One More Day (the comic where Spidey makes a deal with the devil)? Will the Marvel code remain? And what about the Punisher, and his kind? Will the MAX imprint be canceled? Will Enis's work be retconned? Will they simple ignore such characters, and focus on friendlier types (which would kill their chances at recognition)? Just to show you what I mean, Marvel has started publishing all age comics (for kids). In the X-Men comic, Wolverine is not allowed to swear, or use his claws to cut people. Yeah. Wolverine. That's just an example.  What will Disney do? Who will make the toys now (Mattel or Hasbro, or are they one company now 0_O)? And what does Stan Lee think of this?!

• I hope the reason Disney is acquiring this is not to take control, but only to take hold of a profitable franchise. I don't have any great fear that Disney is going to pussify the Marvel universe, I think it will remain the same. It's not like Dimension Films and Miramax put out a bunch of cutesy films just cause Disney owns them. Disney understands branding. Disney means cute cartoons and lovable characters, Dimension means gory horror films. They didn't purchase Dimension just to make more cartoons about discovering the location of a fish, they bought Dimension so they could make slasher flicks without attaching the Disney name to it. As for the bureaucracy of it, I'm a little worried that Marvel Studios promised us 4 films a year. We might only get 2 now, unless Disney infuses Marvel Studios with money. Right now, we're flipping a coin and seeing where it lands.

• Confirmed!New playable and DLC characters in Marvel UA:2 , mickey mouse & jack sparrow! Thinking of Marvel attraction in Disneyland makes me actually want to go visit there as soon as it becomes a reality though :D

• I know everybody is surprised and I'm surprised too and the first thing that comes to my mind is that Marvel has always been one of the largest companies in the world since when they needed more money or another company support?, well I'm hoping we don't get to see some crossovers like Namor Vs. The Little Mermaid or The Incredibles Meet the Avengers. BTW now that Disney owns Marvel, all the Marvel attractions in Universal Studios have to be closed? and we will see some Marvel atrractions in Disneyland

• gortt, do you think Disney would be happy with the fact that Spider-Man might very well be an adulterer? He's still married, no matter what deal he made with the devil (and yeah, Disney is going to be thrilled about that). People are getting ahead of themselves. I'm pretty sure every DC fan in the seventies was thinking the same thing when Warner bought them.

• Who's to say Disney hasn't already affected Marvel's creative direction? Since Disney wants a young male demographic, it would certainly explain the reason behind the awkward, knee-jerk BND Spiderman reboot and it's focus on "YOUTH". If Marvel rebranded their flagship product during negotiations to something Disney would find more attractive, it would be a smart move on their part, business-wise.

• are you ready for your spider man costumed mickey? HEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL NO!

• We don't need no Disnification We don't need no Mickey Mouse No Micheal Eisner all up in Marvel Hey! Disney! Leave us fans alone! All in all you are all just whores in a mall Superheroes at the Disney Store in the mall! Hey! Stan Lee! Throw us fans a bone! Hey! Disney! Leave Deadpool alone!

• THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!! Deadpool cant be dead pool in disney, instead he will hug people and laugh unmenacingly, but heart warmingly. THIS IS BULLSHIT

• I think Coconut Monkey has the right idea, this is all about bringing the intellectual property under one banner again. That might be a good thing, or it might be bad, but it's a very good reason for Marvel to go along with this.

• can we have a fan fiction about the little mermaid and maybe Namor now? I've been waiting for this to happen for years and I think it's only the right thing to do in honor of the deal.

• Its a Disneyfunctional idea! Cant combine these two environment

• Disney...Marvel....Kingdom Hearts??

• It's laughable to compare Marvel to Kill Bill. The Bride isn't a character that greets children at Disneyland. Spider-Man will. And, if you think Disney wants their characters associated with any of the storylines that are currently going on, you are kidding yourselves. So yeah, it's a good thing.

• @CarolinaWiccan, How could you possibly think ownership by Fox could be preferable? Have you not seen X-Men: The Last Stand, Wolverine, Daredevil, Elektra or either Fantastic Four movie? Disney/Pixar actually has a good Fantastic Four movie under its belt (i.e., The Incredibles). Honestly, I think the negative reactions this news has been getting are pretty ridiculous. I highly doubt Disney will be imposing the types of changes on the company and its properties that the naysayers seem to think they will.

• I honestly don't see a problem with this. I doubt anything will be Mickey-fied. I think people are just panicking. Maybe we'll just get some Marvel-themed rides at Disney World/Land or just a few as cast members (you know, the people who dress up at the park and you can take pictures with them and whichever).

• @Tantrix: I can't tell if this guy is joking or he honestly doesn't know that DC has been owned by Warner Brothers (Time Warner) for years....

• I was going to check for this joke but I'm at work so I appologize if someone said this: so house of M is Mouse now not magneto? "no more montanas".

• The balance of power has been broken, guys. It's the end for Deadpool and gay pairs. Soon Warner Brothers or Nicholodeon will buy the rights of DC and then there will be only comics by Dini. Waiiiit...that isn't so bad. On the other hand, Disney and Pixars might get it aswell. ;_;

• wake up to this and you know the end is near.

• I don't see the problem, Don't expect anything to really happen out of the ordinary Hell maybe we will get Deadpool in the next kingdom hearts game, Just because he will dress like a princess and sing a song while shooting things. Think of that option.

• @ The Big Bad Booty Daddy: I couldn't agree with you more!

• I want to see a Marvel-ized Gizmo-Duck and Darkwing Duck. Darker...and Duckier. Wait, do I?

• @ lopl - that was my first thought... i know marvel did a gargoyles comic back in the day , but it could be much better now

• Disney's first order of business FIRE JOE QUESADA THEN FIRE JOE QUESADA AGAIN THEN KICK JOE QUESADA THEN BURN JOE QUESADA THEN FIRE JOE QUESADA ONE LAST TIME FOR GOOD MEASURE

• Wolverine better damn well be a playable character in Kingdom Hearts 3.

• ...with Kingdom Hearts drifting in the middle somewhere, scared and confused.

• In twenty years, it'll be Disney/Marvel/PC/Microsoft/Coke vs. WB/DC/Mac/Sony/Pepsi. Mark my words.

• We know that Marvel wants the movie rights of Spider-man, X-men, FF and all the rest back. Marvel doesn't have the kind of pull to pay off Sony ajnd Fox and get those rights back... but Disney sure can. Maybe we'll see a Marvel X-movie soon.

• I think something everyone has to remember is that this is not a hostile takeover of Marvel. Marvel is more than happy to be part of Disney. It's all about money being made on both sides and a wider distribution around the world for Marvel.

• Here is the official 43 minute conference call from Disney/Marvel to the press: http://webcastingplayer.corporate-ir.net/player/playerHOST.aspx?c=129198&EventId=2413571&StreamId=1359681&TIK={91b21d95-e6af-4744-aebe-c2cfc96e8514}&RGS=3&IndexId=

• the way disney ceo Iger talked Disney will honor all Marvel agreements they have going means for now universal will still keep the marvel island of adventure. till Disney can find a way to shut that down. and given Disney already owns the rights to Marvels old cartoons maybe the deal means spider man and his amazing friends will finaly hit dvd now. and no doubt Marvel stuff in Disney stores soon. an alliance of good or evil Mikey now has spider man as his little bitch

• I dunno, I guess I'm ok with this I'm just wondering what Disney will do with all the darker heroes, like Daredevil, Punisher, Ghost Rider, maybe Cloak & Dagger...I've never known Disney to tell the dark side and always sugar coat their stories.

• Ironman in kingdom hearts. That's what my stupid head got from this.

• I was kidding about Liefield up above. GOTCHA! But wouldn't we all be pleased to no end if Disney does do Marvel movies and keeps them the way they are in the comics? No self indulging asshole scripts? Just true to the comic books movies? With their real costumes and origins?

• I am on the fence about this. There won't be any major changes right away but down the road disney will begin light censorship of the comic side. Less mature themes involved with the major properties that aren't protected by intelectual property clauses in contracts. We will see any movie that has a chance to make a buck put out (ie deadpool) and A LOT more CGI movies instead of live action. Disney won't screw with things too much as long as they make money in the end.

• ooooh. Gargoyles in marvel universe

• Wow! I was at the bank today and was checking out this hot girl in line with me when I saw this go on the news ticker thingee behind her. I practically pushed her out of the way to read it. I was floored! This is some big goddamn news!

• Anonymous said: darkmagician66699 said: "BREAKING NEWS: Disney has appointed Rob Liefield as Editor in Chief at Marvel. Let fear run rampant!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm1XErUvXo that sums that up

• .... It's strange how much things can change from just one article. I'm currently holding my comic collection close. Thinking about burying it in hopes that people of the future will remember Marvel the way it was. Or, I could sell them for big bucks. They're Pre-Disney :-) But seriously... AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

• darkmagician66699 said: "BREAKING NEWS: Disney has appointed Rob Liefield as Editor in Chief at Marvel. Let fear run rampant!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm1XErUvXo that sums that up

• I wonder if this will affect Kingdom Hearts at all? @ Patrick, Punisher vs. Goofy is made of Win.

• So far, to me, it means Marvel is safe. What of they approached bankruptcy again and were bought out by some other company, or even had it's assets split up? Disney hasn't bastardized the Muppets, who I also consider safe now, and they may even be getting a new film in the style of the originals! It seems that as far as comics go, the primary fanbase is getting older. With Disney, I feel that at least the Marvel characters will exist 20 years from now. For those afraid that the characters will be whores out, they already are, but Disney's whoring out is often surlrisingly more tasteful than all that awful Marvel items in recent years, with the awful Ultimate Universe airbrushed looking digital art on them. Post Eisner Disney has embraced Pixar, and is returning to traditional animation! I think and hope they'll leave the comics alone, aside from coming up with better ways to interest kids than the hack Marvel Age banner, and the possibilities outside of comics could be really cool! A Marvel world in Kingdom Hearts 3? Yes please. Things will be tough with all the differnt existing contracts.

• The positive: JEPH LOEB MAY BE LET GO. Marvel gains the use of pixar animation. Things will get released on time (hopefully) on marvel's end. A possible Fianl Fantasy VII Marvel crossover? -Deadpool Meets Cloud Strife, Magneto and Sephiroth team up?!! - Rob you know you want to see it happen. More Animated Features. -A CG Wolverine film where he fights wendigo Better quality merchandise I.E. toys, shirts, etc. Marketing for there products will Imporve dramatically. -Disney Knows how to put it in your face to where it almost annoys you. Then takes it away and makes you miss it. then just when you've forgotten about it.. boom.. its back and better than before. LAM will come out faster and have larger budgets. THE NEGATIVE: RANDY NEWMAN DOES THE MUSIC IN ALL MARVEL FILMS. that and all the other stuff mentioned

• Shocking! Oh. My. God!

• I...what? Where the hell did that come from? Oh the strange and terrifying crossovers that have just become possible...

• Finally we can have the Jonas brothers convice the White Queen to wear a promise ring.

• why not just appoint Kevin Smith. lol i would rather see a comic fan running this and someone like Rob Liefield take care of the crap that does not involve creativity.

• <i>Disney wants to conquer the boys market, a elusive, demographic for Disney to grasp, in years they have tried (Disney XD) and succeed (pirates of the Caribbean) and failed (Treasure Planet)</i> Can't understand why <i>Treasure Planet</i> wasn't more successful...

• BREAKING NEWS: Disney has appointed Rob Liefield as Editor in Chief at Marvel. Let fear run rampant!!

• Does this means Kingdom Hearts 3 will involve Sora teaming up with Spidey or the X-Men? Beats another Sebastian the crab cameo...

• On a more positive side of things, Marvel has been making animated movies for the past couple of years with mixed-quality animation. Disney is quite famous for their production values for their animation. Even Disney's straight-to-video releases have much better animation quality than normal. So I'm hoping Disney can use their animation experience to help Marvel.

• i belive the animation I.E. part of this can definatly benifit from this, however i would rather not see marvel characters such as the punisher get nerfed and using non leathal weapons, or taking out the Physiological issues our heros have that we have come to love over the years. however saying that, marvel already screwed up the ultimates 3 so i dont think things can get any worse then Disney taking over.... but then again i can just see it now; Spider-Man team ups with the rescue rangers. Roger rabbit putting the moves on Mary Jane.

• Deadpool let loose in the Magic Kingdom. The Pooh is gonna hit the fan. Doc

• How does this affect Universal?? They were struggling to begin with.

• Well, I don't want to be the positive guy, I hate to be positive, I'm a perpetual bitter bastard hater. I have VERY mixed feelings about this. I'll wait and see. This could be a new era in comics, or the beginning of a new end. But compared with Timer Warner perpetually clueless way of inaction with their stable of DC Superheroes, Disney is more like a "Doer", "least milk this cow dry", "no rock left unturned", "movemovemove!!!" company. For example, look at the Princess empire of merchandising: for years the characters laid in the background of Disney's lore, just old character from classic old Disney films, till somebody decided to rescued from their freezing Disney memorabilia state, and decided to actually DO something with them, relaunch their princess for a new generation of little girls: and now the Disney Princess create billion for the company. Then decided to created TV shows aimed at the same, now a little older, demographic with their "tween sitcoms", with Hannah Montana being their touchstone. and now in the music business, they Disney star are selling million of records, with Miley herself and the Jonas bros. Disney know their public/market, at least. Disney wants to conquer the boys market, a elusive, demographic for Disney to grasp, in years they have tried (Disney XD) and succeed (pirates of the Caribbean) and failed (Treasure Planet), and Marvel is the key to their success for this. Will Disney screw up Marvel characters? I'm afraid for the "little", more violent, dark Marvel antiheroes characters, like The Punisher, Ghost Rider, and the like. Disney doesn`t deal with grim & Gritty, is known for sugarcoated the more nasty aspect of violence and storytelling. I think the more famous, more famous for the mass audience characters (Spider Man, X-men, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Captain American, heck even Daredevil) have already their myth established, they are appealing characters, with intense history/stories, Disney will be foolish in mess up around with their characteristic personalities, supporting cast, lore, etc. They have a tailor made success! Stan Lee & Jack Kirby created a modern mythology in Marvel! Only fools screw around with that!

• HOLY SHIT EVERYONE READ THIS anyone find it strange that disney may own marvel, and a quarter of universal studios orlando, which is only a few miles away from disney world, is marvel themed? i wonder what will happen THERE?

• Gizmoduck Vs. Iron Man. I can't wait.

• Remember Spidey...15 will get you 20. Now for a serious moment, this brings such a disturbance to the force...it scares me. The comic gods are angry. I can only imagine how Disney will portray Punisher.

• All i have to say is Whinne the Poo meets The Punisher. hell yes.

• i just think a goofy/deadpool cross over would be fun...

• And the world will look up and cry..."save us"..... . . . And I will look back down....spit in their eyes..and feed their children new installments of Kingdom Hearts: Rise of the Mutants Ladies and gentlemen...Kirby has left the building...and i weep, oh how i weep.

• Hopefully, Marvel doesn't get screwed over by this deal but I did like it better when they were independent. However, if Disney does screw them over, this would be karma for what they did to the Ultraverse when they bought them out and ruined them.

• this just means that Marvel fans are at the mercy of Disney corporate suits that also have their heads up their asses. Just ask the animation industry.

• "But doesn't this -- at the very least -- mean that all the corporate company bullshit that keeps DC/Warner Bros. tied-up from achieving anything with their characters is going to happen at Marvel?" Meh... No sweat, Marvel already achieve that point some years ago. Just to think that Oscorp might be bought by the Uncle Scrouge McDuck makes me eager for the new marvel universe tie-in "Marvel Ducks", get it?

• "We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation," Robert Iger, Disney's chief executive, said in a statement announcing the deal. [BLOWS BRAINS OUT]

• It's funny how everybody is freaking out when this might be a good thing. Let's be honest Marvel has been doing some pretty stupid concepts in the past few years. (Brand new day anyone?)So who know, this might be a blessing in disguise for everyone involved. Besides a mom of a young girl I find this amusing. Most girl's go for the Disney stuff while boys go for the superhero things. Now Disney found a way to make money off both genders at the same time. :) Just no Hannah Montana/Spider-Man crossovers please. PS Hopefully now we can finally get that 'Phineas and Ferb' comic book that we've been promised for a while!

• <i>Majority of these movies either have Heavey Drug Use, Blood galore, Swear words used has sentence enhancers, and religion is put in a way that would make a Christins cringe.</i> Best of all, they appeal to the barely-literate mouth-breather demographic.

• I am still on the fence about this one. In the press release, the Disney guy said that they would leave Marvel alone and in regards to the films and their studios, he said "If it's broke why fix it?" so that means to me that we will still see Universal with Iron Man, Hulk and whoever is doing Cap and Thor will be the same. I think Disney knows a good thing when they see it and hopefully they will just let Marvel live in their own universe and just be there to sign the checks. This could turn out to be the best thing ever but it could also turn into the worst thing ever. I know that everyone, including me, is hoping for the former one.

• Scoff if you will. I, for one, can't wait to see Pixar get their mitts on ANY Marvel project. <i>Peter Pixar, Spectacular Spider-Sprite...</i> Hmmmm...

• A lot of DC/Warner "corporate bullshit" is down to the pre-existing feudal environment in DC, and Warner's own feudal environment. Combined and it's a recipe of miscommunication and duplicated efforts. Disney, in my experience, aren't that bad. As opposed to warring internal factions and poor communication, micromanagement seemed to be Disney's problem when I dealt with their UK wing and I've heard that criticism raised as a whole while Eisner was in charge. That seems to be shifting with the post-Pixar changes, and I expect Disney to get much better value out the Marvel characters than Warner do with DC's.

• &#64; rob k: I don't see how a Power Pack movie could be a bad thing. In actuality, I could imagine Pixar doing something good with that. Not sure a live-action would work so well. but who knows? Disney seems excited about owning more than 5000 characters and after watching the video of Mr. Iger on MSNBC, I get the feeling that he would like to see alot of these characters come to light in the public eye a bit more than we have seen. I just think we are jumping to a conclusion that Disney will kill Marvel. I really disagree. I really do. I think this is the kick in the ass that Marvel needed to head in a new and improved direction. I do wonder where Stan Lee stands in all of this.

• Crap...I saw this flash in the elevator news at lunch. I'm expecting Disney to eventually impart their ideas of wholesome family entertainment on all of the next coming Marvel media. Oh Great.

• Can't wait for the next F4 movie starring Hannah Montana & The Jonas Bros...all kidding aside, bet your bottom dollar there will be a Power Pack movie in the works very soon...

• As a DC Fanboy, I see no reason to be anything but hopeful about this. 1. Assuming Disney does fire all the Marvel management and put their own people in charge... so what? Marvel's already proven themselves unable to manage their own products effectively and new management might put somebody in charge who... oh, I don't know... realizes that your heroes lose all right to call themselves heroes after they make Faustian pacts. 2. Re, the above - cry you Marvel zombies, cry! Your tears are sweet to me. ;)

• This is just....I can't understand it. Is it good, is it bad? I can't decide!

• That video and article answers a lot of our questions, BTW.

• Here you go kiddies. Complete with video: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/market-dispatches.aspx?post=1241188&GT1=33002

• *cringe* We'll, at least we can almost positively expect some Marvel satire comics about this situation. Especially with Deadpool and Spiderman. All I really care about is them not putting a finger on the comics and not screwing with the Thor movie. God no.

• Wow people's responses to this are just hilarious, besides marvel hasn't always been all that great I mean wasn't their a Kiddie version cartoon movie of the Avengers. Didn't they already f up Spider-man with the whole devil deal. List of movies done by Miramax a company under Disney The Crow Pulp Fiction Trainspotting Dogma Clerks II 40 days and 40 nights Kill Bill No Country for Old Men There will be Blood Adverntureland (the guy who wrote and directed Superbad) Majority of these movies either have Heavey Drug Use, Blood galore, Swear words used has sentence enhancers, and religion is put in a way that would make a Christins cringe. If you somehow think Disney will just kiddiz things (even worse than what Marvel did to themselves) Think again, I know it's shocking but this is far from the end of the world.

• there goes Superhero Island at Universal Studios. Quick jump to Disney World

• I think this is great. Remember DC is owned by an even bigger company, Time Warner, and it doesn't seem to hurt them much. Another great thing is that it has been rumored for a while that Disney is looking to open up another park at Disney World geared toward the teenage crown with more thrill rides. Could we see some Marvel connection there? That would be awesome. Island of Adventure be damned. http://www.joeonthetube.com

• Who wants to see Wolverine as the next Disney Princess?

• I fear you not Darvel (Working title). I'm thinking this may help out Marvel, plus if they add to Disneyland it'll be a wonderful nerd hang out so I can pick up guys... While 7 yr olds watch. Here's a list of the other crap Disney owns. http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=disney Enjoy.

• I smell monopoly, what's next? "DISNEY-UNIVERSAL"?

• Yes, people should be worried, because as we all know, Marvel has never sullied their own name or been responsible in the bastardizing and ruining of their own creations... oh, wait, nevermind. Seriously, people are worried over this?

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