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When did the Walt Disney Company purchase Marvel Entertainment?

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Christopher Reeve as Superman flies over a city at night, wearing a blue suit with a red cape and yellow belt, from the 1978 film Superman. — Superhero Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978).

The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment in 2009 for $4 billion.12