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.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Stan Lee Media shareholders are suing comic-book titan Stan Lee and former Marvel Studio head Avi Arad for $750 million, court papers reveal.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have announced that a new ad for their upcoming film "Iron Man" will air during Super Bowl XLII in Arizona.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Robert Downey Jr. is throwing his hat into the Hollywood superhero ring, portraying the armored title character of Marvel Entertainment's "Iron Man."
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, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A New York judge says Spider-Man creator Stan Lee is entitled to 10 percent of the profits from movies and toys based on the superheroes he created.
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.
LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) -- Marvel Enterprises and Sony Pictures ended their competing lawsuits by creating a joint U.S. company to manage "Spider-Man" movie tie-in products.
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.
