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Disney completes .24 billion purchase of Marvel (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2004 file photo, a man looks at an advertisement for the Spiderman movie in Copenhagen, Denmark. Shareholders of Marvel Entertainment Inc., home of Spider-Man and the Hulk, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, approved the company's acquisition by The Walt Disney Co., as expected.(AP Photo/John McConnico, file)AP - The Walt Disney Co. completed its .24 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. on Thursday, bringing Spider-Man, Iron Man and 5,000 other characters under the same roof as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.