Read more Marvel Comics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3822/marvel-comics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:43:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68419/disney-marvel-deal-could-signal-ma-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo major deals finished on the last day of August—projected to be the worst month for deal making since 1995—have raised expectations that the mergers and acquisitions market is finally coming out of hibernation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Monday saw Disney buy Marvel for $4 billion and...http://www.newser.com/story/68419/disney-marvel-deal-could-signal-ma-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 13:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68251/marvel-fans-on-disney-deal-soooo-not-happy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComics fans are just a little miffed by Marvel’s $4 billion acquisition by Disney: “SOOOO NOT HAPPY! Spider-man should not be co-mingling with Goofy,” reads one blog post. The problem, Linda Holmes writes for NPR, is “one of perception: Put simply, Marvel has a cool factor and Disney doesn't.” Marvel...http://www.newser.com/story/68251/marvel-fans-on-disney-deal-soooo-not-happy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 14:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68212/disney-to-buy-marvel-for-4b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus...http://www.newser.com/story/68212/disney-to-buy-marvel-for-4b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 8:35:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65453/barack-stars-in-superhero-ink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBam! Biff! Pow! President Obama might be struggling over health care reform, but he's going gangbusters in comic books, reports the New York Daily News . No longer content to play second fiddle to Spidey, the comic version of Barack Obama is now grabbing top billing in a new series of...http://www.newser.com/story/65453/barack-stars-in-superhero-ink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 2:56:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56006/superman-artist-turned-to-erotica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMild-mannered Clark Kent, holding a red-hot poker and spanking Lois Lane? Not exactly, but an artist who helped create Superman in 1938 later drew sadomasochistic comics with characters resembling the famous pair, USA Today reports. The bawdy panels, which once sold at drugstores in the 1950s, are revealed in a...http://www.newser.com/story/56006/superman-artist-turned-to-erotica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 6:46:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52186/geeks-have-won-hollywood-gaga-over-comics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s not the only one...http://www.newser.com/story/52186/geeks-have-won-hollywood-gaga-over-comics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 15:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48150/obamaspider-man-comic-gets-third-printing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama loves Spider-Man, Spider-Man loves Obama—and the public apparently loves both of them. Amazing Spider-Man #583, which sees the web-slinger come face-to-mask with the president-elect, is already going back to press for a third printing, MTV reports. Marvel Comics’ announcement yesterday came just 24 hours after the first...http://www.newser.com/story/48150/obamaspider-man-comic-gets-third-printing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 14:34:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47912/comics-legend-stan-lee-creates-gay-superhero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs the world ready for the first homosexual superhero? Comic legend Stan Lee has created the character Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who must deal with his sexual orientation as well as untrained superpowers, the Telegraph reports. The character, adapted by Lee from the novel Hero by Perry Moore,...http://www.newser.com/story/47912/comics-legend-stan-lee-creates-gay-superhero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 13:44:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47434/spider-man-meets-obama-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpider-Man is about to hook up with a high profile sidekick, reports AFP. Marvel Comics is publishing a fist-bumping Spider-Man special next week featuring Barack Obama. "When we heard that the president-elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew these historic figures had to meet," said a Marvel...http://www.newser.com/story/47434/spider-man-meets-obama-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 3:11:32 CST