tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post111405416839048494..comments2024-02-25T21:57:57.876-08:00Comments on "Seven Hells!": Creator's Rights & LeftsDevon Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post-1114436403436354772005-04-25T06:40:00.000-07:002005-04-25T06:40:00.000-07:00Is it possible that we're seeing some variation on...Is it possible that we're seeing some variation on the Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie, here? <BR/><BR/>I dunno. Corman made his ersatz FF movie because he'd bought the rights to make a movie, and the rights automatically reverted to another party if the movie wasn't made. I don't think comic universes work in quite the same way. <BR/><BR/>Besides, Peter Cannon basically just showed up in 1986 to be CRISISed out of existence, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post-1114393704874717092005-04-24T18:48:00.000-07:002005-04-24T18:48:00.000-07:00It's a good theory, except that Ditko worked for h...It's a good theory, except that Ditko worked for hire at Charlton, under the draconian they-own-it-all industry assumption of the times; even if it hadn't been WFH, his Blue Beetle was a derivative creation, which can be tricky to make a clean rights return; Captain Atom and the other Dtiko characters were largely created in collaboration with writer Joe Gill; and P.A.M. only got his Thunderbolt rights back because he made a point to get them back from Charlton -- which none of his fellow creators did, so there's no viable precedent there. There is a chance that the material's ownership will revert back to its creators, but that window of opportunity doesn't open for 20-odd years. <BR/><BR/>Blue Beetle is just as much DC's property as Sue Dinby is, and they have a firmer hold on the Charlton material than they have on Superman right now. DC is being mean to the poor Action Heroes because they're intermittently beloved but permanently fourth-string characters.Milo Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06720405599066763805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12109838.post-1114135892160749582005-04-21T19:11:00.000-07:002005-04-21T19:11:00.000-07:00Ye gods, I'd forgotten Ditko was still ALIVE. But...Ye gods, I'd forgotten Ditko was still ALIVE. <BR/><BR/>But he is. Brilliant theory, DVS!<BR/><BR/>Ditko's Hawk and Dove have just brought back, but I assume they don't count because Ditko would have created them as work-for-hire when he was at DC.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.com