Borg assimilates Marvel Universe Disney buys Marvel for $4B (yes, 4 with a B)

ETA: I found a couple of things of interest. First, one blog says "wow, we never saw that coming!"

And yet on the same google search, I also discovered that Disney bought the rights to Stan Lee's works in a multi year deal two years ago... and then (I'm guessing) realized that uber hot props like X-Men and Spiderman were actually owned by Marvel, not Stan... and they'd actually bought the rights to his new stuff, the "file cabinets full" of stuff. (What? creator owned works? Go fig!)

And then, just this past June, the respectable Motley Fool created a mini wankstorm (not on their blog, but on other blogs) over the suggestion to "buy Marvel, sell Disney." Google that phrase to see what I mean. You'd think they were talking about Mac vs PC or something...

And then two months later, the party of the second part buys the party of the first part.

Coincidence? Yeahright ;-)

FWIW, I think if I ever saw Wolverine at Disneyland I would have to hang up my fan banner and walk away. That's just...

Dang.