By Jessica Goodfellow

Netflix has acquired comic book publishing company Millarworld, the streaming service’s first acqusition that spotlights its drive to become a production powerhouse by owning more intellectual property.

Millarworld was founded nearly 15 years ago by Scottish comicbook writer Mark Millar as a creator-owned comic-book company for artists who no longer wanted to work under DC and Marvel.

Prior to starting the company, Millar spent eight years at Marvel, where he developed the comic books and story arcs that inspired the first Avengers movie, Captain America: Civil War, and Logan (Wolverine), which collectively grossed over $3bn in worldwide box office.

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Source: The Drum