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NEWS ABOUT: Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics stories: 21 news summaries

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Disney-Marvel Deal Could Signal M&A Recovery

Monday deals push August volume up 40%

Sep 2, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two major deals finished on the last day of August—projected to be the worst month for deal making since 1995—have raised expectations that the mergers and acquisitions market is finally coming out of hibernation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Monday saw Disney buy Marvel for $4 billion and... More »

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(Newser) - Comics fans are just a little miffed by Marvel’s $4 billion acquisition by Disney: “SOOOO NOT HAPPY! Spider-man should not be co-mingling with Goofy,” reads one blog post. The problem, Linda Holmes writes for NPR, is “one of perception: Put simply, Marvel has a cool factor... More »

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film • Spider-Man • mergers and acquisitions • Marvel Comics • Disney • movies • Iron Man • Goofy • Stan Lee • Jon Favreau • comic books

 Disney to Buy Marvel for $4B 


Aug 31, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(AP) - The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus... More »

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entertainment • Walt Disney Co. • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • Captain America • Disney • comics • Iron Man • X-Men • comic books

(Newser) - Bam! Biff! Pow! President Obama might be struggling over health care reform, but he's going gangbusters in comic books, reports the New York Daily News. No longer content to play second fiddle to Spidey, the comic version of Barack Obama is now grabbing top billing in a new series of... More »

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Barack Obama • Marvel Comics • superhero • publishing • Sarah Palin • President Obama • comic books • Spiderman • Devil's Due Publishing




 Superman Artist 
 Turned to Erotica 

S&M characters look like Lois Lane and Superman

Apr 13, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mild-mannered Clark Kent, holding a red-hot poker and spanking Lois Lane? Not exactly, but an artist who helped create Superman in 1938 later drew sadomasochistic comics with characters resembling the famous pair, USA Today reports. The bawdy panels, which once sold at drugstores in the 1950s, are revealed in a... More »

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erotica • Marvel Comics • Superman • comic books • Joe Shuster

 'Geeks Have Won': 
 Hollywood Gaga Over Comics 

Big screen adaptations bring fame to writers

Mar 2, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Comic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • comics • movies • Iron Man • films • comic books • Watchmen

Obama/Spider-Man Comic Gets Third Printing

'Unprecedented demand' moves Marvel to bring more to market

Jan 16, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama loves Spider-Man, Spider-Man loves Obama—and the public apparently loves both of them. Amazing Spider-Man #583, which sees the web-slinger come face-to-mask with the president-elect, is already going back to press for a third printing, MTV reports. Marvel Comics’ announcement yesterday came just 24 hours after the first... More »

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Barack Obama • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • comic books • Savage Dragon

Comics Legend Stan Lee Creates Gay Superhero

Character will debut in a 1-hour Showtime special

Jan 14, 09 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Is the world ready for the first homosexual superhero? Comic legend Stan Lee has created the character Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who must deal with his sexual orientation as well as untrained superpowers, the Telegraph reports. The character, adapted by Lee from the novel Hero by Perry Moore,... More »

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Marvel Comics • superhero • comics • homosexual • gays • Stan Lee • comic books

 Spider-Man Meets Obama-Man 

President-elect joins Spidey in Marvel comic special

Jan 9, 09 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Spider-Man is about to hook up with a high profile sidekick, reports AFP. Marvel Comics is publishing a fist-bumping Spider-Man special next week featuring Barack Obama. "When we heard that the president-elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew these historic figures had to meet," said... More »

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Barack Obama • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • inauguration • President Obama

It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
It's Super PoshBecks!

Comics legend Stan Lee draws up idea for Posh and Becks in Spandex

Oct 30, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the Fantastic Four has his eye on famous twosome David and Victoria Beckham to be his next cartoon crimefighters, Access Hollywood reports. Former Marvel Comics kingpin Stan Lee, already working to put Paris Hilton and Ringo Starr into two dimensions, says "the great looking, talented and... More »

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Victoria Beckham • Marvel Comics • David Beckham • cartoon • Posh Spice • Stan Lee

 Hulk Sees Green
 at Box Office 

Marvel and Universal bank $54.4M with monster remake

Jun 15, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Incredible Hulk stormed the weekend box office, grossing $54.5 million for Universal and Marvel Comics, Variety reports. Kung Fu Panda fell to second with $34.3 million as the R-rated thriller The Happening surprised analysts by banking $30.5 million in third. You Don't Mess With the Zohan... More »

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Universal Studios • Marvel Comics • box office

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 Hulk
 Packs
 a Fun
 Punch 

Critics say action-packed flick will please the summer movie crowd

Jun 13, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no Iron Man, but The Incredible Hulk is a crowd-pleaser that comic book devotees and action fans will appreciate, critics say. The second adaptation of the Marvel comic in five years avoids the missteps of Ang Lee’s 2003 moody bust (Hulk) and “embraces its identity as... More »

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Marvel Comics • movie review • Ang Lee • adaptation • Iron Man • The Incredible Hulk • Edward Norton

 Studios Gamble on
 Hulk's Quick Return 

Execs think buzz for June release can overwhelm stink of '03 bust

May 9, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Studio executives are hoping that The Incredible Hulk, due out June 13, will roar in dollar-sign green—and not the sicklier shade of moviegoers still recovering from Ang Lee's 2003 version, the Los Angeles Times reports. Funders Universal and Marvel promise more action in the new version, and bigger names... More »

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Universal Studios • Marvel Comics • trailers • Ang Lee • action movie • movie remakes • The Incredible Hulk



 Iron Man  
 Blasts Off 
 at Box Office 

Action flick is 10th highest opener ever

May 4, 08 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paramount and Marvel struck gold with Iron Man this weekend, raking in $201 million worldwide in the tenth-best opening ever, Variety reports. The male-skewing film left room for Made of Honor to draw in women and $15.5 million in second spot.  More »

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Marvel Comics • Paramount Pictures • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • Paramount • Iron Man

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 Iron Man Solid Gold 

Critics love Downey as avenger in superhero turn

May 1, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iron Man rockets into theaters tomorrow, and it’s so good it “practically dares the competition to measure up,” Peter Travers writes in Rolling Stone. Critics are nearly unanimous in praising the latest superhero flick, admiring its “raw vitality” and “pitch-perfect casting.” Robert Downey Jr.... More »

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film • Marvel Comics • superhero • movie review • Robert Downey Jr. • movies • John Favreau

 Iron Man
 Wrought of Risk 

Studio rolls the dice with Downey, Favreau

May 1, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iron Man isn’t really an A-list superhero. “You could really go down the list till you get to Iron Man,” says director John Favreau. But Marvel Studios is banking its future on Iron Man, and its titular hero isn’t even the riskiest part. There’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • superhero • Robert Downey Jr. • movies • John Favreau • Iron Man

 Big-Time
 Writers
 Lured to... 
 Comic Books? 

Rising medium attracts established authors

Mar 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review, and that's the graphic novel,... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • comics • graphic novel • Jodi Picoult • MF Grimm • Percy Carey

Spidey Dumps Mary Jane

Split, meant to entice younger readers, riles longtime fans

Jan 11, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - After 20 years of togetherness, Peter Parker and his beloved Mary Jane are kaput, and he's locking lips with a new mystery woman, according to the latest issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Longtime fans of the Marvel Comics classic aren't any too happy about the split, Newsweek reports. "... More »

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Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • comics • fans

Spider-Man's Mission: Save UN

United Nations teams up with Marvel Comics for new publication

Dec 27, 07 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Battered by the oil-for-food scandal and accused of inaction and inefficiency, the United Nations is looking to an unusual ally for help improving its image: Spider-Man. In a novel collaboration, the international body has enlisted Marvel Comics to produce a one-off comic book that will see its cast of superheroes... More »

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United Nations • Marvel Comics • comics

Marvel Takes Superheros Online

Hit hard by Internet, comic business hopes fans pay to subscribe

Nov 14, 07 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Comic giant Marvel will soon launch a website where fans can access thousands of new and vintage titles featuring Spider Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and other iconic superheroes. The Internet has dealt a heavy blow to newsstand comic sales, and Marvel hopes to recoup some of the loss with... More »

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Internet • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • superhero • website • comics • X Men • Avengers • Fantastic Four

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