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SUPER HEROES and THE SUPREME COURT: Marvel Settlement Leaves Questions of Artists’ Rights Unanswered

BY KATHERINE BRENNAN — On September 26, 2014, the Estate of Jack Kirby and Marvel Characters, Inc. announced that the two parties had settled a longstanding legal dispute over Kirby’s rights to the characters that he created or co-created while working as a freelance artist for Marvel between 1958 and 1963. The parties announced the […]