Dear God, please let it be Eli somehow! If it's an rights issue, use some of that Star Wars money and cut the man a check!
It doesn't make any sense to me. It's a work for hire world at Marvel. Why would they have made a special deal for Isaiah Bradley? And even if they did, I'm not sure that would automatically have any effect on the rights to other characters that Marvel created even if they are "related" to Isaiah Bradley. But they could have made a special deal; I'm just not sure why.
Sandy Hausler
the creation of the character was pretty controversial (as controversial as making Steve Hydra). I could imagine the creator(s) mistaking the high profile coverage of the Truth series for popularity and trying to profit off of it. but I'm not sure that it's helpful to speculate. I've always thought that Josiah had more potential than Eli and Isaiah.