The deal announced this morning will bring characters like Iron Man and Spider Man in to the Disney family.
5,000 total Marvel characters will be acquired by Disney in the deal for $4 billion in cash and stock. The deal still has to go through Marvel stockholders as well as antitrust review. Marvel would receive $30 per share in cash plus 0.745 Disney shares per Marvel share owned.
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