Which characters are shared?

[Spooderman]

As there have been many crossovers between various characters in the Marvel comics, many of characters are associated with multiple franchises. I want to know what they are. Here's what I know so far:

Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver: X-Men and Avengers (Fox and Disney)

Kingpin: Spider-Man and Daredevil (Sony and Disney)

Madame Hydra: Wolverine and Captain America (Fox and Disney)

Ronan the Accuser: Fantastic Four and Captain Marvel (Fox and Disney)

I'm not sure about Klaw (F4 and Black Panther) Kang (Listed as Avengers and F4 villain), Whirlwind (mutant Anti-Man villain) or Doctor Doom (Who is also listed as a Spider-Man and Iron Man villain), although I'd imagine Fox taking Doom to court if anyone else tries to use him.

Any other characters that are grey enough to be shared?

 

[Rorschach2012]

I really need RDJ, Evans, Hemsworth, and Ruffalo to sign on for more Avengers films. You reminded me that we need a Kang/Avengers film.

Avengers: Loki/Chitauri
Avengers 2: Ultron/Baron von Strucker
Avengers 3: Thanos
Avengers 4: Masters of Evil
Avengers 5: Kang

 

[jonathancrane]

I really need RDJ, Evans, Hemsworth, and Ruffalo to sign on for more Avengers films. You reminded me that we need a Kang/Avengers film.

Avengers: Loki/Chitauri
Avengers 2: Ultron/Baron von Strucker
Avengers 3: Thanos
Avengers 4: Masters of Evil
Avengers 5: Kang

Agreed!

 

[Sexy Magician]

I guess you could say Beast as he is a member of the X-men as well as the Avengers.
Same goes with Sandman, mainly a Spider-man villain, he once had a good guy stint and was a member of the Avengers.

 

[Chance Jackson]

I don't think that's how it works, but I'll admit I don't know exactly how it works either but I think its like this:

-When Marvel Studios sold the X-men/Mutant rights to Fox it was mentioned specifically that Wanda and Pietro are not exclusively X-Men characters and that the deal only concerned them and how they relate to the X-men world and only that was exclusive to the Fox deal (hence why Disney can't use their Mutant-ness at all)

-In this way I seriously doubt Disney can use Beast or Doctor Doom as those characters were most likely sold exclusively within the X-Men and FF rights respectively

I'd be surprised if it didn't work like that but I'm not any kind of expert at all so, wtf do I know lol

 

[smallville fan]

I figured the Skrulls fall under the Fantastic Four/Avengers Umbrella no?

 

[Sexy Magician]

I don't think that's how it works, but I'll admit I don't know exactly how it works either but I think its like this:

-When Marvel Studios sold the X-men/Mutant rights to Fox it was mentioned specifically that Wanda and Pietro are not exclusively X-Men characters and that the deal only concerned them and how they relate to the X-men world and only that was exclusive to the Fox deal (hence why Disney can't use their Mutant-ness at all)

-In this way I seriously doubt Disney can use Beast or Doctor Doom as those characters were most likely sold exclusively within the X-Men and FF rights respectively

I'd be surprised if it didn't work like that but I'm not any kind of expert at all so, wtf do I know lol

Completely agree with you, I'm no expert either but I'm confident we'll never see beast, sandman or Doom in the MCU, they are for sure X-Men, Spiderman and FF properties. It's just a nice thought.
Although I did read somewhere that apparently Kevin Feige said there are a handful of characters Marvel and the other studios can use on film other than Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, I'm wondering who else but these two tie in so closely to different properties, the only other I can think is Kingpin since he's a major Spiderman and Daredevil foe.

Any thoughts?

 

[The.Brotherhood]

FINALLY! This is the thread that I've been waiting for!

Question, since Man-Thing rights belongs to Lionsgate, how did Marvel Studios pulled-off to include his wife (Ellen Brandt played by Stephanie Szostak) in IRON MAN 3?

 

[Zarex]

FINALLY! This is the thread that I've been waiting for!

Question, since Man-Thing rights belongs to Lionsgate, how did Marvel Studios pulled-off to include his wife (Ellen Brandt played by Stephanie Szostak) in IRON MAN 3?

Man-Thing was also referenced in a recent episode of Agents of Shield. I think we can safely assume that the rights to the Swamp Monster have reverted.

 

[KangConquers]

Completely agree with you, I'm no expert either but I'm confident we'll never see beast, sandman or Doom in the MCU, they are for sure X-Men, Spiderman and FF properties. It's just a nice thought.
Although I did read somewhere that apparently Kevin Feige said there are a handful of characters Marvel and the other studios can use on film other than Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, I'm wondering who else but these two tie in so closely to different properties, the only other I can think is Kingpin since he's a major Spiderman and Daredevil foe.

Any thoughts?

Kingpin is a definite possibility. I've also suspected Fox, through their Silver Surfer and Fantastic 4 properties, might have some hold on Adam Warlock. When GoTG was announced, people were shocked that Warlock (probably the most famous member of the team) wasn't a part of the film lineup. Could've been split rights, could've been that he detracts from Star-lord.

 

[Sexy Magician]

Kingpin is a definite possibility. I've also suspected Fox, through their Silver Surfer and Fantastic 4 properties, might have some hold on Adam Warlock. When GoTG was announced, people were shocked that Warlock (probably the most famous member of the team) wasn't a part of the film lineup. Could've been split rights, could've been that he detracts from Star-lord.

I was shocked to learn Adam Warlock wasn't going to be in GOTG, but it wouldn't rule him out of the MCU yet, watch the Thor 2 credits scene with The Collector, is that Warlocks cocoon we see?

 

[metaphysician]

I think the key difference between Beast and Wanda/Pietro, is that the twins spent virtually their entire careers as Avengers or ancillaries to the Avengers. They appeared in a scant handful of X-comics before leaving them behind for decades. When they appeared outside of the Avengers comics, even then it was usually in stuff still unrelated to the X-Men: the Inhumans, supernatural comics, stuff like that.

While Beast may be an awesome Avenger, and have a sizable history as an Avenger, its just not the same. He's spent far more time as a part of the X-comics, including the entire original run. There really is no ambiguity.

 

[Sexy Magician]

Completely agree with you, I'm no expert either but I'm confident we'll never see beast, sandman or Doom in the MCU, they are for sure X-Men, Spiderman and FF properties. It's just a nice thought.
Although I did read somewhere that apparently Kevin Feige said there are a handful of characters Marvel and the other studios can use on film other than Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, I'm wondering who else but these two tie in so closely to different properties, the only other I can think is Kingpin since he's a major Spiderman and Daredevil foe.

Any thoughts?

I think the key difference between Beast and Wanda/Pietro, is that the twins spent virtually their entire careers as Avengers or ancillaries to the Avengers. They appeared in a scant handful of X-comics before leaving them behind for decades. When they appeared outside of the Avengers comics, even then it was usually in stuff still unrelated to the X-Men: the Inhumans, supernatural comics, stuff like that.

While Beast may be an awesome Avenger, and have a sizable history as an Avenger, its just not the same. He's spent far more time as a part of the X-comics, including the entire original run. There really is no ambiguity.

Yes, I know, hence my post you actually quoted........

 

[Spider-Fan83]

I guess you could say Beast as he is a member of the X-men as well as the Avengers.
Same goes with Sandman, mainly a Spider-man villain, he once had a good guy stint and was a member of the Avengers.

wasn't Sandman also one of the original members of the Frightful Four, so, I wonder if F4 has any type of claim to him

 

[The.Brotherhood]

Man-Thing was also referenced in a recent episode of Agents of Shield. I think we can safely assume that the rights to the Swamp Monster have reverted.

Ok, so I guess we'll just have to wait for the official announcement that the rights have reverted back?



How about Namor? it bugs me out that they still don't have the rights while it's been YEARS stucked up in Universal without any progress whatsoever.


What about the fact that beast is a part of The Avengers and Secret Avengers, 2 stints is a solid case to have a share to the rights of that character but the contracts are really messed up.

 

[KangConquers]

Ok, so I guess we'll just have to wait for the official announcement that the rights have reverted back?



How about Namor? it bugs me out that they still don't have the rights while it's been YEARS stucked up in Universal without any progress whatsoever.


What about the fact that beast is a part of The Avengers and Secret Avengers, 2 stints is a solid case to have a share to the rights of that character but the contracts are really messed up.

My impression is Marvel comes to the table with a list of exceptions and says "the deal comes with all first apppearance characters under this title except for x,y and z."

A great recent example of this backfiring on Marvel is the Badoon. The Badoon first appeared in Silver Surfer #3, a comic that would fall under Fox's deal, but the race has almost exclusively fought the Guardians of the Galaxy.

10 years ago when the Fox/ F4 deal went down, Marvel clearly made exceptions for The Inhumans, The Kree, Black Panther, and Adam Warlock (all of whom initially appeared in the pages of F4. Unfortunately, they didn't have the foresight to know they would make a Guardians of the Galaxy film in 2014, and thus let Fox take the Badoon. Thus why the Guardians will fight Sakaarans.

I imagine Fox also has cosmic being The Stranger, who first appeared in the pages of X-Men, off of the same oversight. There are some characters you don't realize could be useful when signing those kind of deals.

So I think a character like Beast, who is 90% X-Man, 10% Avenger, with no blood ties to MCU characters, would fall 100% under the Fox umbrella. I also don't think teams created after the contract signings have any sway on the films. (example: Disney can't claim rights to Havok or Rogue because they are now Avengers.)

 

[The.Brotherhood]

My impression is Marvel comes to the table with a list of exceptions and says "the deal comes with all first apppearance characters under this title except for x,y and z."

A great recent example of this backfiring on Marvel is the Badoon. The Badoon first appeared in Silver Surfer #3, a comic that would fall under Fox's deal, but the race has almost exclusively fought the Guardians of the Galaxy.

10 years ago when the Fox/ F4 deal went down, Marvel clearly made exceptions for The Inhumans, The Kree, Black Panther, and Adam Warlock (all of whom initially appeared in the pages of F4. Unfortunately, they didn't have the foresight to know they would make a Guardians of the Galaxy film in 2014, and thus let Fox take the Badoon. Thus why the Guardians will fight Sakaarans.

I imagine Fox also has cosmic being The Stranger, who first appeared in the pages of X-Men, off of the same oversight. There are some characters you don't realize could be useful when signing those kind of deals.

So I think a character like Beast, who is 90% X-Man, 10% Avenger, with no blood ties to MCU characters, would fall 100% under the Fox umbrella. I also don't think teams created after the contract signings have any sway on the films. (example: Disney can't claim rights to Havok or Rogue because they are now Avengers.)

Thanks for the info! what also bugs me out is that MS let all the iterations / versions of a certain character fall all under one contract.


With many versions of a certain character, hope there's a small shade of light that they can use (i.e. ULTIMATES Version) but doibt that would ahppen cause sony is doing / borrowing some ultimates elements now.

 

[Dasher10]

I wouldn't be surprised if Viper is also part of the Captain America rights. The Skrulls are shared which I know as a fact. What I really hope for is for Juggernaut to be shared as he's also a Hulk villain.

I also don't know if Kang is shared since he ruled Egypt while Apocalypse ruled Nubia and the two of them remained rival Pharos warring for control of the Nile. He also first appeared as a Fantastic Four villain and is a descendant of Reed Richards so he may be shared.

 

[The.Brotherhood]

I wouldn't be surprised if Viper is also part of the Captain America rights. The Skrulls are shared which I know as a fact. What I really hope for is for Juggernaut to be shared as he's also a Hulk villain.

I also don't know if Kang is shared since he ruled Egypt while Apocalypse ruled Nubia and the two of them remained rival Pharos warring for control of the Nile. He also first appeared as a Fantastic Four villain and is a descendant of Reed Richards so he may be shared.

Viper is also shared BUT marvel may only refer her to Madame Hydara and not Viper with fox vice versa.

 

[Eddie]

Viper is also shared BUT marvel may only refer her to Madame Hydara and not Viper with fox vice versa.

I don't think that's ever been officially stated. Lot's of rumors claimed that one version of Quicksilver would be "Quicksilver" and one would be "Pietro", but both studios have promoted him as Quicksilver, so I think those name rumors are likely made up.

 

[KangConquers]

I wouldn't be surprised if Viper is also part of the Captain America rights. The Skrulls are shared which I know as a fact. What I really hope for is for Juggernaut to be shared as he's also a Hulk villain.

I also don't know if Kang is shared since he ruled Egypt while Apocalypse ruled Nubia and the two of them remained rival Pharos warring for control of the Nile. He also first appeared as a Fantastic Four villain and is a descendant of Reed Richards so he may be shared.

I figure Fox has the rights to Rama Tut, all Egyptian motifs (The Sphynx Time Machine, fore example) and the name Nathaniel Richards. Marvel has the rights to his Kang the Conqueror, Scarlet Centurion, Immortus, and Iron Lad personas, and both are allowed to use time travel and the 31st century as a native time period.

 

[ss3walkman]

What about Rogue and Ms. Marvel? The whole power swapping bit? Would the characters fall under MCU and FOX?

 

[metaphysician]

What about Rogue and Ms. Marvel? The whole power swapping bit? Would the characters fall under MCU and FOX?

I seriously doubt it. Rogue is very clearly a mutant and member of the X-Men. The fact that she had a major plot event involving Carol Danvers is irrelevant.

Similarly, Carol Danvers is very clearly an Avenger, and what ties she doesn't have with the Avengers are with the cosmic brigade. Just because *one* of her power changes involved X-Men members is irrelevant.

 

[Gabe99]

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