Does Disney have anything to do with Conan?

[MonkeyMummyMoney]

Conan is a Marvel IP, it is literally set in the Marvel Universe and shares many of the same figures. (Conan himself is an Avenger, albeit Savage Avenger) Ymir is another one. The very same Ymir that is worshiped in Conan is the same exact one that Odin Killed and is the father of all Frost Giants.

That being said, does Disney have anything to do with it? Or does Conan exist legally in a Quasi-Independent spectrum where Disney makes money from it, but has virtually nothing to do with the inner workings of it?

[BigBombz]

As far as I know the Conan the Barbarian IP is owned by some Swedish guy and Funcom has bought the licence to use the IP for Conan Exiles. I don't know does Marvel own separate rights for comics or do they licence the rights also from that same swede.

[MonkeyMummyMoney]

Originally posted by BigBombz:

As far as I know the Conan the Barbarian IP is owned by some Swedish guy and Funcom has bought the licence to use the IP for Conan Exiles. I don't know does Marvel own separate rights for comics or do they licence the rights also from that same swede.

Considering Disney would never really do anything with Conan due to the Inherent nature of it (Old Disney wouldn't, Walt probably wouldn't even like them Buying Marvel. New Disney... Well... They would basically have to Retcon every sentence of Conan and at that point is it even still Conan?)

It could just as easily be Marvel officially has nothing to do with Conan anymore. Maybe the Swede bought it from Disney at some point?

I'm not going to pretend I'm a big modern comic guy, but I don't remember Hearing Conan ever get mentioned in the context of Marvel anymore and Marvel has seemingly went out of it's way to distance it's self from anything that has to do with it directly. (Dr.Strange not once mentions any of Conan's Gods. At least not that I'm aware of. And Eldritch Horrors don't exist in Marvel. Been a while since I saw it, but I don't remember Above-All-Things (Marvel's Ultimate, Creator God) ever mentioning other things existing that he had nothing to do with and seemingly rival, possibly even surpassing, him in power.

Then again, I imagine that could possibly a legal minefield. Robert Howard and H.P. Lovecraft were good friends that helped each other alot. Yog technically is a Lovecraftian horror, whether or not that makes Conan Lovecraftian I think is a matter of debate. But, I'm assuming Disney doesn't own the Rights to Lovecraft (I've honestly no idea who does. The entire IP has been dead for decades outside that one terrible Movie a few years ago that had virtually nothing at all to do with Lovecraft and seemed to be made almost entirely out of Spite and Contempt for Lovecraft himself and Lovecraft as a genera.)

The more I think about it though, the more I suspect Conan is technically Canon to Marvel, but very obviously not. Outside Conan himself, and without digging into it at all im going to hazard a guess that hardcore Conan Fans don't consider Marvel Conan to be Actual Conan, the Conan Universe is completely separate and totally removed from Marvel going all the way back basically to the start of it all.

[Rock Paper Super]

Conan has gone through a number of owners since Robert E. Howard's death. The copyright for the early REH stories has lapsed, and Funcom is the current owner of the trademarks and remaining copyrights. Everybody else uses it under license.

[Dread Swoop]

Funcom had a press release a few years back where it was announced that they acquired full control over the Conan IP. Here's the link:

https://pr.funcom.com/Funcom-Acquires-Cabinet-Group

As for what Marvel / Disney do with Conan, I'm not entirely sure, there may be provisions of previous licensing deals still in effect.

[thurgond]

Marvel Comics lost the Conan IP to Dark Horse a year or two ago. So no Disney connection now.

[MonkeyMummyMoney]

Originally posted by thurgond:

Marvel Comics lost the Conan IP to Dark Horse a year or two ago. So no Disney connection now.

Something tells me Marvel didn't care that much. Not like they were doing anything with it although losing an IP probably aint good for your Stocks.

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by How Bizzah:

Conan is a Marvel IP, it is literally set in the Marvel Universe and shares many of the same figures. (Conan himself is an Avenger, albeit Savage Avenger) Ymir is another one. The very same Ymir that is worshiped in Conan is the same exact one that Odin Killed and is the father of all Frost Giants.

That being said, does Disney have anything to do with it? Or does Conan exist legally in a Quasi-Independent spectrum where Disney makes money from it, but has virtually nothing to do with the inner workings of it?

https://conan.com/funcom-acquires-full-control-of-conan-the-barbarian-and-dozens-of-other-ips/