Saturday, January 02, 2010

The Disney/Marvel deal is done

Yep, we just learned that the Marvel stockholders overwhelmingly approved the Disney buyout:

Surprising no-one, Marvel shareholders approved the sale of the company to Disney on Wednesday. Welcome to the official beginning of the Disney/Marvel era.

It's the moment people have been waiting for since August, finally ending any speculation that something would stop Disney buying up the most successful comic publisher in the western world (Although, as we said at the time, we're not sure if Disney really cared so much about the comics as much as everything that comes - and doesn't come - with it).


We wonder what happens next...

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