* Marvel Entertainment ( May 7, 2003 ).

Dynamite Entertainment has an ongoing " Army of Darkness " series and several mini-series and cross-over mini-series, featuring horror characters such as Darkman, the Marvel Zombies and Herbert West.

In December 2003, Marvel Entertainment acquired Cover Concepts from Hearst Communications, Inc.

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

The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where stories in most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.

* Marvel Entertainment ( official site )

* Vibranium plays a central role in many episodes of Black Panther: The Animated Series produced by Marvel Animation and BET Entertainment.

Following Disney's $ 4-billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2010, and Cook was succeeded by Rich Ross.

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.

* Shirrel Rhoades ( born 1942 ), writer, publisher, professor, filmmaker, and the former executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment.

Acura began an association with Marvel Entertainment in 2010, upon release of the film Iron Man 2, which featured a ZDX after the ending credits.

Since the demise of the Disney Comics line, Disney has licensed out their properties to various US comics publishers, while continuing to publish comics in the since-defunct magazines Disney Adventures and Disney Adventures Comic Zone, as well as numerous book projects, and has reentered the periodical comics market through their 2010 purchase of Marvel Entertainment.

This type of packaging is popular today and can be seen being used by McFarlane Toys for their Movie Maniacs line of action figures beginning with Series V. Other companies that utilize this type of packaging are NECA / Reel Toys ( National Entertainment Collectibles Association ) with their Cult Classics and Pirates of the Caribbean line of figures, and Toy Biz with its Marvel Legends action figures, which included a comic book placed between the two PVC segments.

Animation over the course of the 1990s ), Sunbow Productions ( folded 1998 ), DIC Entertainment ( now Cookie Jar Group ), Disney Television Animation ( now Walt Disney Animation Studios ), Saban Entertainment ( now Saban Brands ), Marvel Productions ( now owned by The Walt Disney Company ), and Rankin / Bass ( folded 1987 ).

In the late 1990s, another selection of VHS compilations were released by Marvel Films / New World Entertainment ( these tapes were distributed in Canada by Telegenic Entertainment ).

DC Comics, Deloitte, Duane Reade, Estée Lauder Companies, Foot Locker, Frederator Studios, JPMorgan Chase, Hess Corporation, Kroll Inc., L-3 Communications, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Marvel Entertainment, McGraw-Hill, MetLife, MidOcean Partners, Morgan Stanley, NBC Universal, The New York Times Company, NexCen Brands, Pfizer, Polo Ralph Lauren, Saks Incorporated ( Saks Fifth Avenue ), The Sharper Image, Simon & Schuster, Six Flags, TBWA Worldwide, Thomson Reuters, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Univision Communications, and Viacom.

** Marvel Universe, the shared fictional universe of most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment

in the 1980s Toei would later lend it's talent to companies like Sunbow Productions, Marvel Productions, DiC Entertainment, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Ruby Spears and Hanna Barbera with producing several animated cartoons for America during this period.

Origins of Marvel Comics ( Marvel Entertainment Group reissue, 1997 ) ISBN 0-7851-0551-4

* 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player

DC Comics and its major, longtime competitor Marvel Comics ( currently owned by Time Warner's main rival The Walt Disney Company ) together shared over 80 % of the American comic-book market in 2008.

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media.

Within the fictional history of the Marvel Universe, the tradition of using costumed secret identities to fight or commit evil had long existed, but it came into prominence during the days of the American " Wild West " with heroes such as the Phantom Rider.

* 1953 – Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator

He has had little success in American comics, with the exception of Marshal Law, a savage superhero satire published by Marvel Comics ' Epic imprint in the late 1980s, drawn by O ' Neill.

" Steve " Ditko ( born November 2, 1927 ) is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

X-Factor is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics.

* November – The Fantastic Four # 1 comic debuts, launching the Marvel Universe and revolutionizing the American comic book industry.

Many of these have since moved on to work for American publishers such as DC Comics ( especially the Vertigo and Wildstorm imprints ) and Marvel Comics.

* Nuke ( Marvel Comics ), a villain with the American flag tattooed on his face

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar.

Charles Clarence Beck ( June 8, 1910 – November 22, 1989 ) was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics.

John Whiteside Parsons ( born Marvel Whiteside Parsons on October 2, 1914 – died June 17, 1952 ), better known as Jack Parsons, was an American rocket propulsion researcher at the California Institute of Technology.

In 1971, Mego began licensing and making American Marvel and DC comic book superhero figures, which had highly successful sales and are considered highly collectible by many adults today.

* Marc Guggenheim ( born 1970 ), American television writer-producer and writer for Marvel Comics and DC Comics

He has taken substantial or controlling positions in various corporations including RJR Nabisco, TWA, Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Western Union, Gulf & Western, Viacom, Uniroyal, Dan River, Marshall Field's, E-II ( Culligan and Samsonite ), American Can, USX, Marvel Comics, Revlon, Imclone, Federal-Mogul, Fairmont Hotels, Blockbuster, Kerr-McGee, Time Warner and Motorola.

The company's position in the North American direct market diminished in the first decade of the 2000s, challenged by Dark Horse Comics and IDW Publishing for the position of " third largest publisher " after Marvel and DC.

Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man.

* Andy Marvel ( born 1958 ), American songwriter and music producer

Such games are also created to capitalize on the popularity of other forms of entertainment, such as Pokémon and Marvel Comics which both have had CCGs created around them.

Windsor-Smith was by now becoming disillusioned with the comics industry and the way in which in his opinion the writers and artists were being exploited: " I needed to be free of constraints and policies that were imposed by the dictates of creating entertainment for children " Shortly thereafter, Windsor-Smith left comics for the first time, leaving only a couple of inventory items in the Marvel Comics vaults, both stories of R. E.

Upon his departure from Marvel Entertainment, Jemas started 360ep, an entertainment property management firm.

New characters featured include Ghetto Man, an African-American superhero who performs a stand-up comedy routine ; Aunt Minerva, the Captain Marvel villainess who seeks a sixth husband from among the male superheroes ; Rhoda Rooter, an entertainment reporter who snags an exclusive interview with the Atom ( Alfie Wise ) and Giganta on their engagement to be married ; and Esther Hol, Hawkman's mother.

The success of Conan also led Marvel and later DC to adapt other franchises such as pulp characters ( Doc Savage, Kull, The Shadow, Justice, Inc., Tarzan ), entertainment personalities ( Kiss, Human Fly ), toys ( G. I.

Mort Todd ( born November 9, 1961, in Maine ), is an American who has spent his career in comics, animation and entertainment, notably as the editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine, and later, Marvel Music.