Here’s a handy diagram about which studios own the rights to which Marvel superheros

This infographic , by artist and writer  Maurice Mitchell  of  The Geek Twins , breaks down where the movie rights to some of Marvel’s most popular properties currently reside, whether it’s at Sony, 20th Century Fox, or Marvel Studios itself. In case anyone didn’t already know, this is why a character like Spider-Man couldn’t make a cameo during that climatic Manhattan fight scene at the end of  The Avengers, even though you know some Marvel exec was just itching to throw him in there. 

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