BUR, Calif., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. entertainment giant Disney Co. said Monday it would acquire Marvel Comics and its stable of characters for $4 billion.
TOKYO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Marvel Entertainment says it's not going to merely adapt but rethink its superhero properties for Japanese anime versions due out in 2010.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Nicolas Cage has signed on to appear in an indie movie adaptation of Marvel Comics' "Kick-Ass" book imprint, sources say.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment Inc., and the striking Writers Guild of America Thursday said they have reached an interim agreement.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Marvel Comics and the United Nations are teaming up to create comic books to show superheroes working with the agency to rid the world of conflict and disease.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Marvel Comics has teamed up with CBS's "Guiding Light" to create an episode of the soap opera in which one of the main characters gets super powers.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Comic book giant Marvel Enterprises Tuesday changed its name to Marvel Entertainment and announced a slew of new superhero films in development.
REDMOND, Wash., July 14 (UPI) -- Microsoft and Marvel Enterprises signed Thursday a worldwide licensing agreement to allow Microsoft to use Marvel's characters in its computer games.
NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- Marvel Enterprises of New York said Monday its board of directors has authorized a $100 million common stock-repurchase program.
NEW YORK, July 13 (UPI) -- Marvel Comics has dropped the late Princess Diana from an upcoming issue of "X-Statix," the "X-Men" offshoot that satirizes celebrity culture.
