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NEW YORK — Shareholders of Marvel Entertainment Inc., home of Spider-Man and the Hulk, approved on Thursday the company’s acquisition by The Walt Disney Co., as expected.
Marvel said the $4.3 billion acquisition would bring Spider-Man, Iron Man and 5,000 other comic-book characters under the same roof as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Marvel chief executive Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, who owns 37 percent of Marvel stock, supported the merger. He will oversee Marvel’s business after the acquisition.
