So now that Norman Osbourne and his band of villainous followers have taken over the Marvel universe, what are they going to do now?
Apparently... they're going to Disney World.
Disney has recently announced the acquisition of the comic book machine known for its action-packed pages and poor dialogue disguised as witty interchange. As a whole, the move is probably a good one for Marvel, because, let's be honest - as much of a comic book fan as I am, it's not hard to see that the comic industry has definitely taken a turn for the worse in the last 20 years, and the advent of free-to-read web comics is making the classic comic book a thing of the past.
DC managed to survive with backing from Warner Brothers, so perhaps Marvel will thrive under the umbrella of Disney... but God help us all if Disney decides to piggyback Marvel's "let's put Obama in all of our comics" phase and throws a "Spider-Man/Mickey Mouse" team-up at us. Or, even worse, if Marvel's propensity for selling titles by shouting "hey, Wolverine's in this one!" leaks into Disney... I'm not sure a pants-less Donald Duck makes a good counterpoint for the cigar-smoking Wolverine.
I am curious, though, as to how Disney's ownership of Marvel will affect Universal Studios - specifically the Marvel Superhero Island at Islands of Adventure...
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