What if Marvel Comics was acquired by Disney in 1986?

## Changes

* Marvel Comics would become a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
* Some of video games based on Marvel properties would be published by Disney Interactive Studios, and the Lego video game based on Marvel properties will be published by Disney Interactive Studios instead of Warner Bros. Games.
* *Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy*, *Hulk (2003)*, *The Amazing Spider-Man duology*, and *2008-2011 Marvel Cinematic Universe films* would be produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
	+ *Howard the Duck*, *All X-Men films (and its spin-off Deadpool duology)*, *Daredevil (and its spin-off Elektra)*, *The Punisher*, *Fantastic Four duology*, *Venom duology*, and *Morbius* would be produced by Touchstone Pictures, and the adult films would be streaming available on Star+ in the United States.
	+ *Blade Trilogy* and *Ghost Rider duology* would be produced by Hollywood Pictures.

* Iron Man (2005), Captain America (2001), Thor (2003) would be created.
	+ Tom Cruise would be played as Tony Stark/Iron Man
	+ Leonardo DiCaprio would be played as Steve Rogers/Captain America
	+ Brad Pitt would be played as Thor
* *Spider-Man 4* and *The Amazing Spider-Man 3* would've been never get cancelled and released.
	+ Vulture, Lizard, Rhino, Black Cat, and Mysterio would've appeared in Spider-Man 4.
	+ Mary Jane, Venom, Black Cat, and Kraven the Hunter, and Scorpion would've appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
* *Venom* (2018) would've been released in October 2016, *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* would've been released in October 2018, and *Morbius* would've been released back in July 2020
* *X-Men: First Class* would be integrated into the MCU.
	+ Wolverine would be join X-Men in X*-Men: First Class* (2011) instead of he said "Go F\*ck Yourself"
	+ Cyclops would be first appears in X*-Men: First Class* (2011) instead of *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016)
	+ *X-Men: Days of Future Past* would be called *X-Men: Operation Sentinel*
	+ *X-Men: Dark Phoenix* and *The New* *Mutants* would've be combined into one single film: *X-Men: The New* *Mutants*.
* Marc Webb's *The Amazing Spider-Man* film series, *Venom duology*, and *Morbius* would be integrated into the MCU, with Andrew Garfield being Peter Parker/Spider-Man in this universe instead of Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
	+ *Spider-Man: Homecoming* would be called *The Amazing Spider-Man 3*.
	+ Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home would've be combined into one single film: *The Amazing Spider-Man & Spider-Gwen*.
* MCU shows would be more connected to the MCU.
* There would be no rights conflicts with Sony or Fox, as when the Marvel Cinematic Universe started, Disney would've already owned Marvel.
* These are all previous characters they will reappears in:
	+ *Captain America: Civil War*:
		- Andrew Garfield would've be reprise role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man instead of Tom Holland
		- Daredevil would've be a member of Team Iron Man
		- The Punisher would've be a member of Team Captain America
		- Wolverine would've be a member of Team Captain America
		- Mr. Fantastic would've be a member of Team Iron Man
	+ *Avengers: Infinity War*:
		- TBA
	+ *Avengers: Endgame*:
		- Agent Phil Coulson will never died after The Avengers, he appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he would've reappeared in Avengers: Endgame.
		- Gwen Stacy will never died after The Amazing Spider-Man 2, she will become Spider-Gwen, and she would've reappeared in Avengers: Endgame.
		- Wolverine, Professor X, Magneto, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Nightclawer, The Beast, Mystique, Deadpool, Colossus, Cable, and All X-Men (MCU) characters.
		- Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing.
		- Venom.
		- All Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters, Ghost Rider, Blackbolt, and Medusa.
		- Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and The Punisher.
		- All Runaways characters, Cloak, and Dagger.
	+ *Avengers: Secret Wars*:
		- Wesley Snipes' Blade and All Blade (1998's trilogy) characters.
		- Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (both actor), Patrick Stewart's Professor X, Ian McKellen's Magneto, and All X-Men (original trilogy) characters.
		- Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, Kristen Dunst's Mary Jane (Later became Spider-Woman), James Franco's New Goblin, Anne Hathaway's Black Cat, Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus, Topher Grace's Venom, John Malkovich's Vulture, and Bruce Campbell's Mysterio.
		- Tom Cruise's Iron Man
		- Leonardo DiCaprio's Captain America
		- Brad Pitt's Thor
		- Eric Bane's Hulk
* These are all characters they should be recasting:
	+ John Krasinski would be playing as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2015) instead of Miles Teller
	+ Emily Blunt would be playing as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four (2015) instead of Kate Mara
	+ Zach Efron would be playing as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in Fantastic Four (2015) instead of Michael B. Jordan (since Michael B. Jordan went to play Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018))
	+ Edward Norton would be playing as Apocalypse in *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016) instead of Oscar Isaac (since Oscar Isaac went to play Marc Spector/Moon Knight, Steven Grant/Mr. Knight, and Jake Lockley in Moon Kmight (2022)) (he is second MCU role since playing as Bruce Banner/Hulk in The Incredible Hulk (2008) (he replaced by Mark Ruffalo))
	+ Ron Perlman would be playing as Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018) instead of Josh Brolin (since Josh Brolin went to play Thanos)

* The *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* film series would be produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios instead of Sony Pictures Animation.
	+ However, Sony Pictures Imageworks would still be involved in the *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* film series to provide the animation.
	+ As a result, *Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse* will kept its original release on March 29th, 2024.
* *The Spectacular Spider-Man*, *Wolverine and the X-Men*, and *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* would be never get cancelled.
* The post-2013 Marvel Cinematic Universe films would have an on-screen logo for Walt Disney Pictures.

## Trivia

* This is the first Disney Animated Canon film to be outsourced by other studios, in this case being Sony Pictures Imageworks.