In the past few years, the entertainment industry has really taken a hit; between the writers strike a couple years ago and the economic recession, they’re probably over all the bullshit. However, at a time when studios have seriously lowered their expectations, Marvel was met with a nice surprise. The revenue earned in the second quarter of this year was higher than expected. The reason behind the increase was, “stronger than anticipated operating performance in the first half of 2009.”

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Marvel Comics is positioning themselves to officially take over the world.  Marvel Comics has created an international advisory board to assist in the expansion of the brand overseas; more specifically, in China and India.

The board currently has Bollywood-producer, Manmohan Shetty, and the Chinese digital producer, Peter Yip, as members. Marvel is looking for two additional members to complete the advisory board. Eventually, Marvel would like to add representatives from around the world including Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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