New Marvel Comics Villians: Their Lawyers

By SKillBot November 13, 2002 7:03 PM

Real-world super hero Stan Lee filed a $10 Million lawsuit against Marvel Comics yesterday, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars of profits of Spider-Man.

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Stan Lee = dork,   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 13, 2002 8:32 PM

He ripped off all the ideas he's ever had from the artists anyways, he doesn't deserver a nickel...

You = moron   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 14, 2002 9:13 AM

Whether he did or didn't create it is not in question. You obviously didn't read the article.

The fact is, they had an agreement, a LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT to pay him part of any profits. And when you have a deal like that, and don't hold up your end, people tend to get pissed off and sue.

But I don't expect you to understand, you cant even click on a link.

Now now   reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on November 14, 2002 3:34 PM

I'll fuel this flame a bit by adding that making such a claim that stan lee ripped off other artists without any supporting facts is worthy of flaming.

But as I recall, Stan's first truly personal work (the fantastic four) revolutionized the comic industry by introducing superhero characters that had very human flaws. As far as I know, such a thing had not been done before. I'd love to know if it had.

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Posted by sodaboy (contactbm@excite.com) on November 14, 2002 3:45 PM

Now he's probably going to work for Image with the rest of the guys pissed at Marvel.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on November 14, 2002 7:21 PM

Oh, please! Stan Lee's Spawn! We can't wait!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 15, 2002 4:37 PM

Skullfire's Ghost Rider...oops another rip off.  Nothing original there either.

Nuts this is hard~!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 18, 2002 5:19 AM

Stan Lee deserves all the money he can get. The poor man's living in a cardboard box you know.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on November 18, 2002 7:49 PM

What are you eating that you can't swallow?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 19, 2002 5:14 AM

Is that a riddle?

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on November 19, 2002 2:09 PM

I was asking about the line mentioning "nuts" and "this is hard".

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 6, 2003 1:11 PM

In 1941, Fox comics released a short lived series about a female super-hero called The Spider Queen. Her husband was a scientist who had invented a "Spider Web Fluid", he was killed by commies and she decided to fight them with her husband's invention. She created rist bands which shot webbing that she used to swing from place to place.
Now, this is not made up. I'm serious. You can check this our for yourself. It's too much of a coincidence to believe that Stan Lee didnt' know about this character and her powers. Stan Lee does rip things off. I'm sure of it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 25, 2004 12:13 PM

suck nuts