Disney to Buy Marvel for $4 Billion

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:32 am

StarBrand wrote:Boom Studios has some sort of agreement to publish Disney comic books. I'm sure that will be out the window one way or another now.
Could Marvel come out with a Donald Duck #1?

I remember at least a Darkwing Duck title by Marvel.

oldjello · Post by **oldjello** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:20 am

Well, it's fine time to bring back Star Comics.
Peter Porker?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:29 am

Conan was poking fun at the Disney/Marvel deal last night too with some funny cross character pics.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:32 am

oldjello wrote:Well, it's fine time to bring back Star Comics.
Peter Porker?

Planet Terry!

(by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday)

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:16 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:I'm sure Joey Q got some well-deserved incentive.

But it did make me realize...when Time-Warner acquired DC, Quesada and Palmiotti were quick to dismiss "AOL Comics." I wonder if those words/sentiments will come back to haunt Q-bert.

Palmiotti? Jimmy's no bridge burner. Did he really say that or did you mean Bill Jemas?

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:17 pm

ian_house wrote:Big News. Could be huge change or could be very little, just have to wait and see...

A very prudent statement.

I agree!

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:44 pm

StarBrand wrote:Boom Studios has some sort of agreement to publish Disney comic books. I'm sure that will be out the window one way or another now.
Could Marvel come out with a Donald Duck #1?

Actually, unless Boom decides to do something about it, I would fully expect the contract to run at least it's full course.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:21 pm

A guy on another forum said something so awesome I am going to swipe it.

A Deadpool/Tigger crossover, Calvin and Hobbes style.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:48 pm

Hitler is *SQUEE* that Disney bought Marvel .... the funniest *SQUEE* ever!

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Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:24 pm

Crow331 wrote:Hitler is *SQUEE* that Disney bought Marvel .... the funniest *SQUEE* ever!

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Man, they sure have got a lot mileage out of that bit.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:28 pm

As I read this thread I know I’m in the minority, but I think the merger will be a boom for comics. I’ve had numerous conversations with the owner of my LCS and can tell you that kids just aren’t into comics that much anymore.

If something doesn’t change our hobby will at best be reduced to annual graphic novels sold at large book retailers. I don’t want that and I don’t think most of you do either.

I know many (if not most) of you like the more mature nature the American genre has embraced and can I understand your concerns. However if the medium is going to survive it has to offer something to everybody.

I’m not saying that all comics should be family friendly but having an all ages approach with the characters can’t be bad. The reason I read comics today is because MEGOs WGSH figures, The Super Friends, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Christopher Reeve, Bill Bixby, and Adam West introduced me to Super Heroes before I entered middle school (yes, I'm in my early 30s).

If the merger will allow Marvel to stay relevant we need to just suck it up—there will still be something left for the adults. In my opinion WB did not screw up DC and I just don’t see Disney screwing up Marvel—not when they just spent 4 billion.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:30 pm

they bought them for movies, comics are a side note at best but, if they spend a little time they could get a new boom going

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:16 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Crow331 wrote:Hitler is *SQUEE* that Disney bought Marvel .... the funniest *SQUEE* ever!

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Man, they sure have got a lot mileage out of that bit.

Yeah man I've seen that clip of Downfall with so many different subtitles. I think the Xbox Live one is brilliant though.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:31 am

sanman wrote:The reason I read comics today is because MEGOs WGSH figures, The Super Friends, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Christopher Reeve, Bill Bixby, and Adam West introduced me to Super Heroes before I entered middle school (yes, I'm in my early 30s).

You forgot Linda Carter!
How could anyone in our age bracket ever forget Linda Carter?!?

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:35 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
oldjello wrote:Well, it's fine time to bring back Star Comics.
Peter Porker?
Planet Terry!

(by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday)

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:48 am

geocarr wrote:
sanman wrote:The reason I read comics today is because MEGOs WGSH figures, The Super Friends, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Christopher Reeve, Bill Bixby, and Adam West introduced me to Super Heroes before I entered middle school (yes, I'm in my early 30s).
You forgot Linda Carter!
How could anyone in our age bracket ever forget Linda Carter?!?

Touché

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:45 am

ian_house wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
Man, they sure have got a lot mileage out of that bit.
Yeah man I've seen that clip of Downfall with so many different subtitles. I think the Xbox Live one is brilliant though.

Yeah, that one is my favorite.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:30 am

ian_house wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
Crow331 wrote:Hitler is *SQUEE* that Disney bought Marvel .... the funniest *SQUEE* ever!

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Man, they sure have got a lot mileage out of that bit.
Yeah man I've seen that clip of Downfall with so many different subtitles. I think the Xbox Live one is brilliant though.

My favorite is Hitler learning that the Avatar trailer sucks.

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Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:41 pm

Here are some interesting insights on what Disney plans to do with Marvel....

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15745.html

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15746.html

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:41 pm

geocarr wrote:
sanman wrote:The reason I read comics today is because MEGOs WGSH figures, The Super Friends, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Christopher Reeve, Bill Bixby, and Adam West introduced me to Super Heroes before I entered middle school (yes, I'm in my early 30s).
You forgot Linda Carter!
How could anyone in our age bracket ever forget Linda Carter?!?

It's impossible.

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:58 pm

Chiclo wrote:
StarBrand wrote:Boom Studios has some sort of agreement to publish Disney comic books. I'm sure that will be out the window one way or another now.
Could Marvel come out with a Donald Duck #1?
I remember at least a Darkwing Duck title by Marvel.

For a little while in the mid-90's Marvel did publish some titles based on the popular Disney cartoons at the time.

Still though, Boom Studios still has the license for several Disney titles so I think they're waiting to sort that out first.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:45 pm

sanman wrote:As I read this thread I know I’m in the minority, but I think the merger will be a boom for comics. I’ve had numerous conversations with the owner of my LCS and can tell you that kids just aren’t into comics that much anymore.

I agree. This COULD be the best thing to happen to comics in a long while. Hopefully they'll get some Marvel character books for kids into the Disney stores.

Something I realized lately is that comics are less expensive than usual kids' books. I bought a little floppy Dora book for my daughter. It was half the length of a comic and about the same width with only about 20 pages and it cost $5.99. Comics could be a good value compared to other stuff that's out ther.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:05 pm

I think the big events hurt comics severly in regards to sales how many casual readers want to go get 100 comics to get the entire civil war story or 100 to final crisis (my god its still going) and so on between dc and marvel there are very few comics that have self contained stories now a days and i think it hurts the mediam as a whole

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:36 pm

Yeah, big events aren't going to appeal to anyone aside from the biggest comic fans.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:05 pm

superman-prime wrote:I think the big events hurt comics severly in regards to sales how many casual readers want to go get 100 comics to get the entire civil war story or 100 to final crisis (my god its still going) and so on between dc and marvel there are very few comics that have self contained stories now a days and i think it hurts the mediam as a whole

I’m okay with the big annual events to a degree (many of you may know I'm totally into Blackest Night). What drives me up a tree is that monthlies are now written to be collected—that’s the real problem.