Who could have bought Marvel, other than Disney?
- Time Warner: Tops the list by default despite being a non-starter. Owns Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. and their respective character portfolios. But they also own DC.
- NBC Universal: Owned the Universal theme parks, which already had the rights to use the Marvel characters. Owned Sci Fi/Syfy, along with USA, which would have eventually proved a good fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But despite Universal's flair for marketing, NBCU had no kids' cable channels, and Despicable Me had yet to be introduced (and with it, the Minions). Also, at the time, Universal Studios was itself something of an also-ran straggler as opposed to the king it was in 2015.
- Viacom: Owned Nickelodeon, was already tied to Marvel via Marvel Studios's movies going through Paramount. But it's hard to see Marvel prospering much under them.
- Sony Corporation: Sony Pictures held the movie rights to Spider-Man and Ghost Rider, and Thor had to be reclaimed from them. Sony Computer Entertainment could have developed video games based on Marvel properties and made them exclusive to the PlayStation platforms. A long-shot, though.
- News Corporation: 20th Century Fox held the film rights to X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and Daredevil. Otherwise, a non-starter.
- CBS Corporation: Non-starter.
- General Mills: Impressive character portfolio of its own, not to mention the ongoing narrative in the public mind of when the hell the were going to let the Trix rabbit just have a bowl of fucking Trix already.
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He's not exactly the same (the connected eyes are too modern) but the gray outlines and minimal shading do evoke a throwback feel. I haven't ever had Trix and I don't plan to, but I like the box design now much more than I would have a few years back.
For comparison, a box from 2010
A timeline, made as part of a promotion they did late last year
I have no shame
Probably would be a close call between it and Peanut Butter Toast Crunch if the latter were more readily available.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
2. Nuke it in the fridge
3. Wait for it to cool, then eat
It's strange: I used to be unable to eat cereal with milk, and now I can't eat it without it, for the most part.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I just figured it would be really anti-trusty...
Truthfully, Marvel fits WBA and H-B better than DC anyway, DCAU aside.