She is a playable character in X-Men Legends ( 2004 ), X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse ( 2005 ), Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ( 2009 ), and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds ( 2011 ), and appeared as an enemy in the first Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company, for $ 4. 24 billion.

In 2009 Marvel officially described its world's geography in a two-part miniseries, the Marvel Atlas.

In 2007, Marvel Comics began publishing comic books based on King's Dark Tower series, followed by adaptations of The Stand in 2008 and The Talisman in 2009.

Disney announced on July 14, 2012 its first television collaboration between Disney Channel and Marvel Entertainment, which had been acquired by the company in 2009.

In 2009, Marvel Comics brought resolution to the matter by purchasing the property.

In February 2008, 20th Century Fox announced Schreiber would play the mutant supervillain, Sabretooth in the Marvel Comics film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released on May 1, 2009.

He left the title in 2009 after accepting an exclusive contract with Marvel.

As of February 2012, Marvel. com has uploaded every episode for streaming purposes, and they have been up since 2009.

In 2009, Vasquez collaborated with other alternative artists in Marvel Comics ' Strange Tales, issue 2 of 3, with a story about MODOK.

From August 2009, The Incorrigible Hulk finally released in serialised form for Marvel Knights's relaunched Strange Tales mini-series.

Marvel then published Halo: Helljumper, a five-issue miniseries written by Peter David and illustrated by Eric Nguyen, which premiered in July 2009.

Marvel relaunched The Punisher War Journal in 2009 as simply Punisher, with a thematic link tied to the events of the " Dark Reign " storyline and, following the departure of writer Garth Ennis, retitled the Marvel MAX series ( formerly Punisher MAX ) as Punisher: Frank Castle MAX and, more recently, as Punisher: Frank Castle or Frank Castle: The Punisher ( depending on the source ); launching a new series called PunisherMAX by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon.

All four seasons are available for download on iTunes ( Only available for America ), being released in 2009 by Marvel.

Ironically, The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Comics in 2009, bringing the all-original DFE library and the Marvel Comics-based DFE library back full circle and as a result DFE is now owned by Disney.

It was also adapted in comic book form by Marvel Comics, with the first issue being released in November 2009.

* Dark Reign: Elektra # 1-5 ( Marvel Comics, 2009 )

More than a year later, Marvel attempted to conclusively settle in-print ( but not in-story ) all lingering questions and complications regarding the character ; stating as confirmation that the Pryor that appeared in Uncanny X-Men, from 2008 to 2009, was indeed the original from the 1980s stories.

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Another example is when a few passengers and flight attendants teamed up to subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted to detonate explosives sewn into his underwear aboard Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

On 3 December 2009 Captain Moussa Dadis Camara suffered a head wound in an attempted assassination in Conakry led by his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, who is known as Toumba.

In July 2009, the Neopets site was the target of an identity theft hacking scheme that attempted to trick users into clicking a link that would allow them to gain items or neopoints.

This was not the case in the high profile attempted march in May 2009, during the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2009, Norwegian performing rights agency TONO and the Norwegian section of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI Norge ) attempted to force Telenor to block the Pirate Bay BitTorrent website.

Especially following a September 27, 2009 bombing near a Syrian security installation that killed 17, the regime has attempted to portray Syria as a victim of terrorism rather than a purveyor of it.

The consortium attempted to involve Eriksson in the running of the North Korean team, taking him to Pyongyang in October 2009.

In perhaps the most infamous act of treason in American history, General Benedict Arnold attempted to turn the site over to the British Army in 1780 for a bribe consisting of a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army and a cash reward of £ 20, 000 ( about $ 1. 3M in 2009 dollars ).

The district was recently split ( 2009 ), and the district has attempted to raise property taxes by 40 %.

During the 2008 – 2009 " Dark Reign " storyline, Uncle Ben makes an appearance in the Underworld when Hercules attends the trial of Zeus, directing Amadeus Cho as he attempted to find his parents in the afterlife.

No Mott the Hoople reunion occurred prior to 2009, although negotiations for one were attempted in 1985 ; all parties have shown some interest at various times in the idea over the last 30 years.

The character proved popular with fans, and since 2003, Joss Whedon has attempted to continue Giles ' story through a spin-off, Ripper ; as of 2009, Whedon has submitted a 90-minute script to the BBC, but rights issues have so far prevented the series moving into development.

** Gang of Four in New York Senate, Democratic senators supporting attempted change of Majority Leader in 2009 leadership crisis

* On May 22, 2009, DMX entered a plea agreement / change of plea, and pled guilty to attempted aggravated assault.

On 2 February 2009, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was blockaded and jostled out of NUI Galway by a group of angry students protesting over the reintroduction of fees as he attempted to lecture the Literary and Debating Society.

The league attempted to re-locate the Monarchs to the San Francisco Bay area, but on December 8, 2009 it was announced that new ownership could not be found and a dispersal draft would be held on December 14, 2009.

On 10 January 2009, 128 divers including 6 freedivers, attempted to break the previous world record, managing to confirm 86 divers ironing within a 10 minute period.

* The 2008 – 2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute, in which Liberal, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois Members of Parliament attempted to have a vote of non-confidence against the Conservative government and replace it with a coalition government, was unprecedented in the Canadian constitutional system, as formal party based co-operation was rare.

Napolitano was criticized for stating in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley that, " the system worked " with regard to an attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 approaching Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación coalition for the 2009 presidential election, but was narrowly defeated.

* Watchmen: Film rights to the 1986 – 1987 comic book series were first acquired in 1986 ; numerous versions were attempted, with a film adaptation finally released in 2009.

On December 23, 2009, William J. Kelly, conservative activist and candidate for Illinois Comptroller, attempted to remove a FFRF sign at a holiday display.

The 2009 Golf Channel program The Haney Project: Charles Barkley showcased some of these issues, as Hank Haney attempted to fix former NBA great Charles Barkley's infamously bad swing.

( NBC-TV, in a cost-cutting move, attempted to bring Leno's program to prime time as The Jay Leno Show in 2009, but many affiliates threatened to drop the program after local news ratings suffered, forcing him back to late night within four months of the prime time debut.