The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: cÃ rn [ËkÊ°aËrË nÌªË ] (plural cÃ irn [ËkÊ°aËrË É²]).[1] Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present.
Disney to Buy Marvel in $4 Billion Deal. Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse are about to become step-brothers. The Walt Disney Co. is in the process of buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock. The deal would give the Mouse House ownership of Marvelâs 5,000 superhero characters.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including favorites such as the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.