Marvel Entertainment is an American entertainment company known for its comic books and film productions. It was acquired by Disney in 2009. Marvel Entertainment has two main subsidiaries: Marvel Studios, which is known for creating the successful Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise based on Marvel Comics characters; and Marvel Comics, the oldest and most famous comic book publisher in the United States, founded in 1939, which created thousands of popular superhero characters that have inspired fans worldwide.
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Entertainm
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In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel
Entertainment, Inc. for $4.64 billion and become a
part of Disney’s Studio Entertainment.
Marvel Entertainment has 2 main subsidiaries:
Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics.
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8. Marvel
Studios
Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Marvel
Entertainment.
The headquarter is in Burbank, California, United
States.
Marvel Studios is known as the most successful
film production studio at this time.
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9. Marvel Studios create their own Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on
original comics from Marvel Comics.
MCU has been produced to phase
type, and currently on Phase 2.
Since the first movie of MCU, Iron Man,
Marvel Studios has released 9 movies
and some TV series.
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10. Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) Iron Man 3 (2013)
Marvel Studios has its success worldwide.
It has 2 in the Top 10 Highest-grossing movies of all times (According to BoxOfficeMojo)
is Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013).
The total gross of Marvel movies is over $6.3 billion. It is the most realistic proof for
Marvel Studios' success.
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12. Marvel
Comics
Marvel Comics is the oldest subsidiary of Marvel
Entertainment.
Marvel Comics was founded in 1939.
It is the most famous and popular publisher in
United States.
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13. Marvel Comics created over thousands heroes
since the first comic book was released.
The heroes Marvel created had inspired comic
lovers. There are many cosplayers from around
the world dressing like the characters they like to
show their love. Captain American and Iron Man
Cosplayer at San Diego Comic Con 2013
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14. Stan Lee appears in Marvel’s movies Stan Lee’s characters
One of the most famous publisher and writer of Marvel Comics is Stan Lee.
Stan Lee is the one who created almost modern heroes of Marvel such as Spiderman,
The Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men…
He also appears in Marvel Studio’s movies as a guest or civilian.
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