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    Formerly known by names including "Atlas" and "Timely", Marvel Entertainment is the publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Daredevil. Currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, Marvel is one of the "Big Two" comic publishers along with DC Comics.

    Why is Marvel now connected to Disney ?

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    Kazuma14

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    Well , that's my Question why did Disney bought it ?

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    Billy Batson

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    They bought it to earn more profit?
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    deactivated-5fbfd5d291164

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    They wanted it.

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    Kazuma14

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    #5  Edited By KittyParker13

    This isn't the first company Disney bought. They buy a ton of them so they have less competition and thus makes more money. It's a classical example of horizontal integration.

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    @kazuma14: Avengers=one of the best-selling films ever=loads of moolah!

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    Kazuma14

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    @maccyd: Hm , that's a very good reason so tell me more .

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    @kazuma14: It's an extremely profitable franchise, what more is there to tell?

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    @kittyparker13: I know that , but who else was the Original owner that bought it first ?

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    @maccyd: Um , just little bit so any reasons why ?

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    It adds a new target demo that they had a hard time getting.

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    Same reason why they bought ESPN all those years ago, they know where to make invest money to make more profit.

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    @kazuma14: Marvel became a publicly traded company in either the late 80s or early 90s. In 2009, Disney took over the company by buying out the stock at a premium giving them ownership of the company. By this time, the X-Men and Spider-Man movies were already out by Fox and Sony as well as the first Iron Man. Disney saw the value of these characters and purchased the company so they could integrate them into their parks, merchandise, and of course movies to generate much more long-term revenue than the $4B that it cost to acquire the company.

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    @kazuma14: Marvel became a publicly traded company in either the late 80s or early 90s. In 2009, Disney took over the company by buying out the stock at a premium giving them ownership of the company. By this time, the X-Men and Spider-Man movies were already out by Fox and Sony as well as the first Iron Man. Disney saw the value of these characters and purchased the company so they could integrate them into their parks, merchandise, and of course movies to generate much more long-term revenue than the $4B that it cost to acquire the company.

    Yup, notice Disney did not have a very large male audience and buying Marvel gets them a whole new demographic.

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    #21  Edited By Lvenger

    To take over the world piece by piece, corporation by corporation, one step at a time. Soon everything will belong to the Disney order and all will be under their control.

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    @kazuma14 said:

    Well , that's my Question why did Disney bought it ?

    For the same reason I'd buy it.

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    @kazuma14 said:

    @themetalgearzero: Why You ? are you one of the artist who work there ?

    I meant, if I held a high position at Disney, I'd buy MARVEL for profits.

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    @kazuma14 said:

    @lvenger: Omg that is something else !

    What do you mean by that comment?

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    @lvenger: I just think it's funny how Brain dressed up as Mickey and Binky as Goofy .

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    @kazuma14 said:

    @lvenger: I just think it's funny how Brain dressed up as Mickey and Binky as Goofy .

    Heh good good, I was hoping it would get some laughs :P

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    @impossibilly: That was brilliant. He'd be the second one to ever do so. ;)

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    @lvenger said:

    To take over the world piece by piece, corporation by corporation, one step at a time. Soon everything will belong to the Disney order and all will be under their control.

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    Yup, basically this.

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    @kazuma14 said:

    @themetalgearzero: me ether .

    We'll just have to await other responses, but I suppose it's for profit - and that's that :D

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    Cause it's profitable.

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    @themetalgearzero: There's seriously nothing left to say. Disney is, first and foremost, a business, and its goal is to make money. Buying out Marvel is (was?) a fantastic way to do so, they need no more justification than that.

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    @squares said:

    @themetalgearzero: There's seriously nothing left to say. Disney is, first and foremost, a business, and its goal is to make money. Buying out Marvel is (was?) a fantastic way to do so, they need no more justification than that.

    I know... I know where you're coming from.

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    disney isn't a company, it's an empire

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    @themetalgearzero: Yeah , but don't worry cause we are almost done if you guys are getting sick and tired of it .

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    @kazuma14 said:

    @themetalgearzero: Yeah , but don't worry cause we are almost done if you guys are getting sick and tired of it .

    Hm... maybe so.

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