I don't know if the Everetts are interested. I'm not sure his son is still alive. His daughter Wendy was around ten years or so ago.
It didn't take long for the other shoe to drop.
Disney / Marvel is sueing everyone.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...on-1235020110/
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Guessing this will most likely end up like the Kirby lawsuit. There'll be a settlement of some kind paid out to the heirs of the creators named in the lawsuits, maybe a more prominent "created by" credit at the end of the movies and TV shows, and that'll be the end of it.
Also wow. The social media reactions to this sure are something.
There's no surprise, fans in their majority don't give a damn about this whole story, the only thing they want is to watch their movies, play their games and read their comics. They don't care what's going on behind it. It's sad, yeah, but that's just the world we live in.
Maybe I'm wrong, but part of me feels like Ditko would not have wanted this, given his objectivist beliefs, "A is A," etc. From what little I understand of Rand and objectivism, parties are presumed to enter into a contract via free will and without coercion. A contract is void only if one party was "forced" to enter into same. As such, there could be an implication that Ditko entered into his contracts with Marvel under duress and I'm not sure he'd want that image put forth in the public record.
Please. It's insulting to real historical injustices to act like a guy willingly doing his job, getting paid, and living freely is some crime. These are not even direct descendants of Ditko.
This is two money-driven entities and their IP lawyers each trying to grab as much cash as they can. I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
No chance. NO Chance!
This is why Disney keeps all those lawyers on retention.
I don’t know how strong their case is, but let’s just assume they have a very strong case. That there is a strong precedent for this.
Disney’s going to win regardless. They’ll either give them the carrot or the stick.
Ain’t no way this justice system or this Supreme Court sides against Disney, if it even gets that far.
The J-man