8/31/2009

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Marvel sold to Disney for $4 billion

Thomas Vo

[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxebXgsB2pr0ewAX1HllO5... >Marvel Entertainment Inc. , and its subsidiary Marvel Comics, has now been bought by Disney for the princely sum of $4 billion. Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor may soon be appearing on screen with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  
  
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