In the 1990s, Michael Jackson made a serious attempt to buy Marvel Comics. His goal wasn’t to grow a media empire—it was to ...

Michael Jackson and Marvel were nearly intertwined through a purchase deal in the 1990s. Jackson's desire to purchase Marvel likely stemmed from wanting to play Spider-Man on screen. Jackson's ...

Michael Jackson once tried to play Professor X in X-Men and even wanted to buy Marvel so he could be Spider-Man. He pitched himself in makeup as an old white man—because MJ really believed anything ...