The Hollywood Reporter has covered another big leadership change at Marvel Comics.
Marvel Names New Publisher as Dan Buckley Assumes President Role Full-Time
Former DC Entertainment SVP John Nee will guide publishing efforts moving forward.
Marvel Entertainment has a new publisher, with Dan Buckley standing down from the position he’d held for the last 15 years to become the full-time president of the company.
John Nee, formerly DC Entertainment’s senior vp business development, will oversee the company’s comic book line in both print and digital formats, as well as oversee budget and marketing for Marvel’s comic book output. Nee will also be in charge of Marvel’s nascent prose publishing efforts. The appointment was announced by ComicBook.com.
Talking to ComicBook.com, outgoing Publisher Buckley said, “Our comics and prose businesses have many opportunities in front of them, and each of those opportunities require a certain amount of expertise. We feel John can provide us with that expertise for each of these opportunities.”
Nee left DC in 2010 to co-found and become CEO of Cryptozoic Entertainment, the games publisher responsible for licensed material from The Walking Dead, Lord of the Rings and DC Entertainment itself. His Marvel appointment sees his return to the comic book industry.
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