Spider-Man isn't the first Marvel character to return after the company sold may character rights in the mid-90s to stave off bankruptcy. Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Punisher and Blade have all returned to Marvel due to one reason or another. But without a doubt, Spider-Man is definitely Kevin Feige's biggest coup to date. But there's still one significant Marvel franchise currently housed at another film studio - the X-Men. Any by extension, the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Galactus. Marvel is definitely interested in regaining the rights to Silver Surfer and Galactus as they reportedly proposed this trade back when Fox was scrambling to hold on to Daredevil. However, there's a big difference between what Sony did with The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and what Fox is doing with X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Where Sony delivered a much derided product, Fox has rebounded from the critical failure of X-Men: The Last Stand and has a stable of young talent (Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Jennifer Lawrence) to keep the franchise going. With this in mind, Marvel won't be able to sit back and wait for there to be blood in the water, if they want to regain the X-Men, they'll have to aggressively negotiate with Fox. Is that something you, the comic book movie faithful, would want Marvel Studios to pursue? If Marvel did indeed regain all their characters from Fox, it would probably mean a smaller number of superhero films each summer. Would you be okay with that if that meant Wolverine, Thing and Storm could interact with Captain America, Hulk and Black Panther?
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