Talk:Disney Princess (comic book)/@comment-26423071-20160324215127/@comment-419569-20160408201819

Apparently, just because Disney owns Marvel, it actually does not mean that only Marvel is allowed to publish Disney comic books (much like how Boom! Studios has the comic book license for most of Cartoon Network's current shows despite Time Warner owning DC Comics). From what I've read, the few Pixar- and Muppet-related stuff that Marvel published after the acquisition didn't sell very well (though most of them were just reprints of stuff from the Dark Horse and Boom! publications), and Joe Quesada later decided he was more interested in producing comics based on the theme park attractions (which has done well), so Disney has licensed the "core four" titles and related comics out to IDW Publishing, while all the other Disney cartoons' comic licenses are at Joe Books.

It's probably just as well if you ask me. The first time Marvel had the rights to publish Disney comics (which was back in 1994-96), they weren't very good (their Gargoyles title isn't even considered canon to the show), so maybe Marvel decided they'd rather not make the same mistakes twice.