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As the article mentions, at one point Marvel was really broke and simply started licensing out the rights of characters to different studios, here's a breakdown

by SG- 12y ago

As the article mentions, at one point Marvel was really broke and simply started licensing out the rights of characters to different studios, here's a breakdown of what studios own which characters. http://screenrant.com/marvel-comics-movies-characters-carl-6766/ http://screenrant.com/marvel-comics-movies-characters-carl-6... Because they sold the rights of the X-men to Fox they can't use that character in their own movies. Same with Spiderman to Sony until recently (last month) where Sony is going to let Marvel use Spiderman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also produce future Spiderman movies (Sony was simply constantly rebooting Spiderman because of his limited stories and hasn't been able to expand the character and story too much with other characters). Marvel has started getting back some of these characters, mostly by defaulting it back (studios are forced to release a movie every X years or the character goes back).

ericcholis 12y ago
Because of this, Marvel has started to phase out entire classifications of characters from the comic mainstream. For example, mutants (read: X-Men) are losing favor to Inhumans, a similar group of characters. The Fantastic Four series, one of the longest running in comics, is ending shortly. Speculation is that it's because of Fox's ownership of the Fantastic Four film rights. It's a slightly strong-arm tactic, but also in the best interest of Marvel's bottom line. Why publish comic books with characters that appear in movies that you don't own. Had Sony not been hacked, they would likely still control Spider-Man.
- hullo 12y ago
  That's all just rumors, which Marvel (and simple observation of facts) has disputed over and over. Marvel is currently publishing over a dozen x-books; characters from the Fantastic Four are central to the upcoming major event (Secret Wars). Sure, the Inhumans are getting a big push, but folks just publish these death-of-X articles to get traffic and buzz.
amyjess 12y ago
> Sony was simply constantly rebooting Spiderman because of his limited stories That's not why they rebooted. Amazing Spider-Man came about because somebody at Sony realized the rights would revert back to Marvel if they didn't make another movie in a certain amount of time, and they didn't have the time to reassemble the old cast and find a point where everybody's schedule was clear, so they just went with an all-new cast.

by SG- 12y ago

ericcholis 12y ago

Because of this, Marvel has started to phase out entire classifications of characters from the comic mainstream. For example, mutants (read: X-Men) are losing favor to Inhumans, a similar group of characters. The Fantastic Four series, one of the longest running in comics, is ending shortly. Speculation is that it's because of Fox's ownership of the Fantastic Four film rights. It's a slightly strong-arm tactic, but also in the best interest of Marvel's bottom line. Why publish comic books with characters that appear in movies that you don't own. Had Sony not been hacked, they would likely still control Spider-Man.

hullo 12y ago
That's all just rumors, which Marvel (and simple observation of facts) has disputed over and over. Marvel is currently publishing over a dozen x-books; characters from the Fantastic Four are central to the upcoming major event (Secret Wars). Sure, the Inhumans are getting a big push, but folks just publish these death-of-X articles to get traffic and buzz.

amyjess 12y ago

> Sony was simply constantly rebooting Spiderman because of his limited stories That's not why they rebooted. Amazing Spider-Man came about because somebody at Sony realized the rights would revert back to Marvel if they didn't make another movie in a certain amount of time, and they didn't have the time to reassemble the old cast and find a point where everybody's schedule was clear, so they just went with an all-new cast.