The X-Men franchise, developed from the Marvel comic, has spawned five films so far, including the 2009 Wolverine spin-off.
The Avengers, which sees a team of Marvel comic-book heroes team up to fight an extra-terrestrial threat, was directed and co-written by Joss Whedon, creator of the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
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Marvel made comic book history in 2011 by announcing all titles in the Ultimate Comics line would include codes for free digital copies on the Marvel Comics app, with unrivaled incentives for comic shop retailers.
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Maybe this will be less of an issue with a Marvel-based comic book MMORPG.
L.D. agent, invitations to "special missions" either remotely or in the field, links to character profiles, stories and scenes, interactive Marvel digital reader comic books and more.
Last year comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment sued NCSoft Corp.
Over the past decade, however, the one-time McKinsey consultant has branched out from Silicon Valley, taking seats on Wal-Mart Stores in 2001 and comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment in 2006.
According to Diamond Distributors, the marquis comic distribution firm, Marvel still owns a larger share of the consumer pie than DC, but DC is coming on stronger every month.
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Things are still cloudy with Marvel and Disney theme parks because of an old, long-term licensing deal between the comic book giant and Universal theme parks that includes exclusive rights for Marvel characters east of the Mississippi for theme park use.
Another reason Walters attributes to growing interest not only in the Dallas Comic Con, but in comic conventions in general, is the success of comic book films -- particularly ones based on Marvel comics.
Comic writer Lee assigned the rights to his superhero characters to Marvel in 1998, but after Stan Lee Media collapsed, minority shareholders of the company claimed that Lee had previously assigned those rights in a written agreement to a predecessor company of Stan Lee Media.
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L.D. database on your second screen device accessing personnel files, comic book origins andexclusive interactive content with The Avengers Initiative: A Marvel SecondScreen Experience.
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Capcom is using Comic-Con to unveil a brand new game, rumored to be Ultimate Marvel vs.
When talking to the comic cognizati, the message is that DC is simply writing better stories than Marvel, and the broader audience is starting to take notice.
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Die-hard Marvel fans will love this, but the story is engaging enough to lure in non-comic readers.
Spider-Man wasn't conceived as anything special -- the character first appeared in issue 15 of the Marvel title "Amazing Fantasy" -- but his popularity quickly made the superhero the subject of his own comic book, followed by several TV series and, in the 2000s, three blockbuster movies.
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