Disney to buy Marvel Comics for $4B. Disney “will acquire ownership more than 5,000 Marvel characters.” The most popular ones, such as Spider-Man (who used to be my favorite until he swooned over Obama, revealing his fascist mindset), are not that old–Spider-Man was created in 1962. One can only imagine the Disney lobbying that we can expect when Spider-Man’s term nears expiration…
[Against Monopoly cross-post]
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couldnt agree more