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Published: 09/1/09

Will Disney Disrupt the Marvel Universe?

By  Judy Howard Ellis - Politics Daily
Will Disney Disrupt the Marvel Universe?

The Walt Disney Co.'s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment on Monday was a keen business move and could signal an improving economic climate, but I hope the $4 billion deal doesn't also mean the loss of compelling comic-book storytelling. I'm not a longtime comic-book fan, as are my husband and brother. I didn't store comic books in crates like my brother (my guilty pleasures were Harlequin romances and romantic suspense novels), but I have a special affection for Peter Parker and the tribulations of Spider-Man. And because my husband has continued to school me about the ins and outs of the ...

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