found: Wikipedia, Nov. 16, 2010(Marvel Entertainment; Marvel Entertainment, LLC; American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc.; on Aug. 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment; shareholder voting occurred on December 31, 2009, and the merger was approved; acquisition of Marvel was finalized hours after the shareholder voted, therefore, giving Disney full ownership of Marvel Entertainment; company's operating units include: Marvel Toys (formerly Toy Biz); Spider-Man Merchandising, L.P. (a joint venture of Marvel and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc.); Marvel Television; subsidiaries: Marvel Entertainment International Limited (United Kingdom); Marvel Property, Inc. (Delaware); Marvel Internet Productions LLC (Delaware); Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong); MRV, Inc. (Delaware); MVL Development LLC (Delaware); Marvel Film Productions LLC (Delaware); MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands); intellectual property holding companies: Marvel Characters, Inc.; Marvel Characters B.V. (The Netherlands); Marvel International Character Holdings LLC (Delaware); Marvel Publishing, Inc. (publisher of Marvel Comics); Marvel Studios; MVL Film Finance LLC; Marvel Animation; Asgard Productions LLC (Delaware); Green Guy Toons LLC (Delaware); Squad Productions LLC (Delaware); Film Slate Subsidiaries: MVL Rights, LLC; Iron Works Productions LLC; MVL Productions LLC; Incredible Productions LLC; MVL Iron Works Productions Canada, Inc.; MVL Incredible Productions Canada, Inc.; Former units: Fleer Corporation; Malibu Comics; Marvel Productions (1981 to 1997); Panini Group; SkyBox International; Welsh Publishing; Past names: Marvel Enterprises, Inc.; Toy Biz, Inc.; Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.)
