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    Disney's California Adventure expansion will feature Marvel superheroes. Just don't call it 'Marvel Land'

    by Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times Apr 09, 2018 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Several aging toddler attractions at Disney California Adventure Park could be bulldozed in the next year or so to make way for an expansion based on some of the world's most popular fictional characters.

    The new land in Anaheim will feature superheroes made famous in Marvel comic books, movies and video games, including Spider-Man, the Hulk and Iron man, among others.

    But don't expect the Walt Disney Co.'s latest theme park attraction to be called "Marvel Land" - a title that would capture the wide cast of warriors in the comic publisher's universe.

    Instead, it might be dubbed "Avenger Land," "Super Hero" hub, or some such variation.

    Blame it all on fine print.

    Marvel Entertainment was purchased by Disney in 2009,

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