Walt Disney Co. will purchase the comic book company behind X-Men and Spider-Man. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase comic book and action hero company Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion. If Marvel shareholders approve the ... [More]

Marvel Comics announced this week that two of their books have sold out at the distributor and are going back to press. Both Invincible Iron Man #11 and Wolverine #70 are headed back to press for a Second and Third Printing Variants, respectively. Invincible Iron Man will feature a variant co... [More]

Press Release Marvel is proud to announce that in honor of Wolverine's 35th anniversary, numerous Marvel titles will feature Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant Covers in April, as part of Wolverine Art Appreciation Month. In the tradition of Marvel's previous variant cover programs, f... [More]

Marvel Comics revealed this week all of the variant covers to the first issue of the highly-anticipated series, Wolverine: Weapon X. The series features the creative team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Ron Garney and is expected to hit stores on April 8, 2009. Aside from the cover by Garney... [More]

Press Release Following Thursday's announcement by the New York Times, Marvel would like to congratulate the seven teams of creators whose work made their historic debut on the New York Times Best Selling Graphic Books list. Marvel's titles had an impressive showing on both the hardco... [More]

Press Release Marvel Entertainment launched a brand new online casual game today based on the upcoming Iron Man: Armored Adventures animated series on Nicktoons. The game, named Iron Man Armored Popper, is available to be played now at MarvelKids.com. Iron Man Armored Popper is a challe... [More]

Samuel L. Jackson, the Oscar-nominated actor who made a cameo as S.H.I.EL.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division) Director, Nick Fury, in 2008's Iron Man, is currently in negotiations with Marvel Studios for a nine-picture deal that will ensure his role as Nic... [More]

Director Julie Taymor will bring Marvel Comics' friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to the Broadway stage in 2010. Set to open on February 18, 2010, "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," will feature a score by pop superstars Bono and The Edge, both of U2 fame. Taymor, who is probably m... [More]

In the same tradition as Wizard Entertainment’s Twisted Toyfare Theatre, Marvel.com has just announced an all-new online video satire series called Marvel Super Heroes: What the--?! As with its predecessors, Not Brand Echh and What The--?!,  the new video series takes a look at the funn... [More]

The 2009 convention season kicked off in style last weekend as the Big Apple welcomed fans, comic professionals, retailer and media guests to the fourth annual New York Comic Con (NYCC). Thought of by many as the East Coast’s version of Comicon International, the folks at Reed Exhibitions have... [More]