Disney Shake-Up Casts Marvel Comics' Future Into Doubt

Disney's firing of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter has received the lion's share of the attention of Disney's business moves today. However, somewhat lost in Permultter's firing was the fact that it was part of Disney absorbing Marvel Entertainment into Disney proper. This calls into question the future of Marvel Comics, which (along with Marvel Consumer Products) was essentially the only part of Marvel Entertainment left once Marvel's television and animation departments were removed. The two were merged into Marvel Studios in 2018 as part of some machinations to give Kevin Feige control over those divisions separately from Permultter; previously, the film division of Marvel Studios split off in 2015.