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Dec 14, 2017 · Thankfully, we've had a helpful infographic by The Geek Twins to give us an easy visual breakdown of who own all the various Marvel Comics characters - timely info to have, after the recent...
- Here's Which Studio Owns the Rights to Each Marvel Character
In that graphic are characters like Spider-Man, Carnage,...
- Updated Diagram Shows Characters Owned by Marvel Studios ...
By Cameron Bonomolo - March 21, 2019 07:18 pm EDT. An...
- Here's Which Studio Owns the Rights to Each Marvel Character
- Spider-Man
- Hulk, She-Hulk, and Namor
- Rom and The Micronauts
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In 2014, Sony Pictures was hacked by the North Korean government because the former was releasing The Interview, a comedy that painted North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-Un, in a negative light. The documents from this hack were eventually obtained, organized, and released by Wiki Leaks. Included in that hack were several documents outlining the precise nature of Marvel and Sony’s relationship as it related to Spider-Man, for whom Marvel had sold many of the television and film rights. This...
Kingpin
First, there is the Kingpin. Due to his strong association with Daredevil as well as Spider-Man, his rights are split. The executive summary specifies that, while both Sony and Marvel may use Kingpin, the latter’s use “is restricted to use in connection with Daredevil and other characters with which he appeared prior to 9/15/11”. This would seem to imply that the Kingpin could not appear in projects centered around characters he never interacted with in comic published prior to 9/15/11, but t...
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman is an interesting one. On the one hand, neither her backstory nor any meaningful number of her comic book appearances involve Spider-Man. At the same time, however, she was originally created purely to maintain the Spider-Man trademarkand it would be incredibly easy for a typical consumer not to be aware of that and think she was part of the larger Marvel Spider brand. As a result, much like Kingpin, her rights are split. Per the Executive Summary, Sony is allowed to use “Jessica...
Unlike Spider-Man, no formal documentation has ever been released concerning the film and television rights of Hulk, She-Hulk, or Namor. As a result, the analysis of their rights situations will have to rely much more on secondary sources. First, lets start out with what we know: Marvel owns the film rights to all of these characters. What Marvel d...
Both ROM and The Micronauts were licensed comics from Hasbro. Once those licenses were up, the rights reverted back to Hasbro. This means that Marvel cannot use ROM, the Space Knights, The Micronauts, or the Microversein an MCU production. It is not entirely clear whether characters like Bug or Captain Universe, who first appeared the Micronauts co...
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Jul 8, 2017 · With a confusing state of affairs that prevents Marvel Studios from using every character, we break down where hero's rights currently reside.
Oct 21, 2021 · Fox's Marvel Characters (That Are Now Owned By Disney) 20th Century Fox. To avoid bankruptcy in the early 1990s, Marvel licensed the movie rights to the X-Men to 20th Century Fox, who would...
Lists of Marvel Comics characters. This is a list of Marvel multiverse fictional characters which were created for and are owned by Marvel Comics. Licensed or creator-owned characters ( G.I. Joe, Godzilla, Groo the Wanderer, Men in Black, Conan the Barbarian, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, RoboCop, Star Trek, Rocko's Modern Life, The Ren and ...
