Stan Lee's former company sues Disney for billions...y

[WDWmazprty]

http://m.joblo.com/joblo/news/44879

 

[ddbowdoin]

a defunct group vs a giant... GOOD LUCK

 

[wiigirl]

a defunct group vs a giant... GOOD LUCK

LOL true...but you never know

 

[wilkeliza]

They waited over 12 years to file suit and just so happen to only claim that Disney is at fault. What about the Spider-Man franchise which isn't actually made by Disney or Marvel? Sony has had those rights for awhile. Just seems like they are trying for any money they can get and that the case is probably about to reach its statute of limits. If there is legal documents saying Stan Lee gave them the characters then we have a battle if it was just word of mouth there is nothing to it because Disney has the hard core contracts to prove the Marvel characters are indeed theirs.

 

[timeman]

Stan Lee never owned the characters to begin with. A lot of the characters that were in the Avengers were actually created by Jack Kirby. All Stan Lee did was write the stories under work for hire, so he has never owned any of the Marvel characters.

 

[FettFan]

Stan Lee never owned the characters to begin with. A lot of the characters that were in the Avengers were actually created by Jack Kirby. All Stan Lee did was write the stories under work for hire, so he has never owned any of the Marvel characters.

Stan Lee does not like to discuss this because Stan Lee is solely driven by the ego of Stan Lee.

You have to literally force him into a corner with pitchforks and torches to even admit Ditko's role in creating Spider-Man...

 

[Malvito]

Stan Lee never owned the characters to begin with. A lot of the characters that were in the Avengers were actually created by Jack Kirby. All Stan Lee did was write the stories under work for hire, so he has never owned any of the Marvel characters.

This raises the eternal argument about the importance of the writer to the creative process in the comic book world. Mr. Kirby created the wonderful look of the characters, but that look would have been meaningless if the stories surrounding them had not intrigued the readers. DC and Marvel were not, in the heyday of comics, the only game in town, and there are a multitude of characters that are forgotten by everyone but the most dedicated comic fans.

This is immaterial to the question of Mr. Lee's contention of ownership of the characters. FettFan is correct with the assertion that Mr. Lee never owned the characters; they were owned by Marvel. I would argue, however, that it is wrong to diminish his contribution to the success of the characters, whether or not you like his personal style.

 

[flavious27]

The real question is who bought the defunct company, because they seem to be after getting money from Disney.