Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
This came up in regards to the Batman v Superman movie. Since Wonder Woman is in that, I believed there should be a note crediting Marston for creating Wonder Woman--just as there is for Batman and Superman creators. I thought this is a legal thing--because there are many characters who don't get such credits while others do. So it doesn't seem that it comes from the goodness of DC's concrete heart, but rather is something they have to do.
I thought that the requirement to publish WW had gone away. But maybe this is something that simply hasn't been tested. DC might do these things, just to make sure they stay on the good side of creators or their estates/families--they don't want to poke the bear and end up in a legal quagmire.
That's how I always figured the Bob Kane thing worked out--DC could probably challenge the Bob Kane estate and they could probably remove the credit--but that would invite legal action. So they let sleeping dogs lie. The Superman case was different because the creators were fighting to get those rights that Bob Kane and William Marston enjoyed--but it was that case that led to Kane, Marston and other creators getting pro forma credits in comics.