| | Business Summary | | Marvel
Enterprises,
Inc.
is
a
character-based
entertainment
company,
with
a
proprietary
library
of
over
4,700
characters.
The
Company
operates
in
the
licensing,
comic
book
publishing
and
toy
businesses,
in
both
domestic
and
international
markets.
The
Company's
library
of
characters
includes
Spider-Man,
X-Men,
Captain
America,
Fantastic
Four
and
The
Incredible
Hulk.
The
Company's
characters
have
been
developed
through
a
long
history
of
comic
book
plots
and
storylines.
In
addition,
the
Company's
characters
exist
in
the
Marvel
Universe,
a
fictitious
universe
that
provides
a
unifying
historical
and
contextual
background
for
the
characters
and
storylines. | | More
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| | Financial Summary | | MVL
is
a
character-based
entertainment
company
with
a
proprietary
library
of
over
4,500
characters.
The
Company
operates
in
the
licensing,
comic
book
publishing
and
toy
businesses
in
both
domestic
and
international
markets.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/01,
revenues
fell
6%
to
$88.6
million.
Net
loss
applicable
to
Com.
decreased
31%
to
$24
million.
Results
reflect
decreased
toy
sales,
offset
by
decreases
in
royalties,
advertising
and
payroll
costs. | | More
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Developments |
| | | | FY1999 Pay | |
| Morton Handel, 64
Chairman
of Directors | -- | Peter Cuneo, 56
Pres,
CEO | $785K | Alan Fine, 49
Pres
and CEO of Toy Biz | 731K | William Jemas, 42
Pres
of Publishing and New Media | -- | Richard Ungar, 49
Pres
of Marvel Characters Group | -- | | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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