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.
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, May 1 (UPI) -- Marvel Comics has announced plans to distribute a free comic book to U.S. military forces in Iraq and around the world.
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.
