Category Archives: marvel

Marvel – A Fan’s View

Editor: Please welcome Barb Webb of the excellent ComicBookMom.com with her first post. In 2009, when the Disney Company announced the acquisition of Marvel, mixed feelings from fans on both sides of the cartoon fence flooded the Internet. Disney fans … Continue reading

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Three Years Later: A Look at Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel

Nearly three years ago, Disney fans and comic book geeks alike did double takes as they looked at the latest news: Disney bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. While this was less than Disney spent for PIXAR, there were no … Continue reading

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Marvel’s The Avengers has Heroic Box Office

Bob Iger’s move to buy the rights for The Avengers from Paramount is looking pretty sage right now. The film is smashing all sorts of records. Here are a few: This weekend marked the biggest domestic opening weekend of all … Continue reading

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Marvel’s The Avengers takes Overseas Box Office by Storm

Strong, very strong, overseas box office results and equally strong pre-sales for May 4th weekend must have everyone at Walt Disney Studios breathing a very deep sign of relief. Open just over a week, Marvel’s The Avengers has already taken … Continue reading

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The Avengers Review (Spoilers)

The Avengers will be here soon and the world will be safe once more (where “here” equals a theater near you, and “safe” equals relatively). Still, it’s a nice idea. With that said, let’s jump right into my review of … Continue reading

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