Stan Lee sues Marvel

[Grouch]

This was posted at IMDb's Studio Brief today:

Stan Lee Sues Marvel
Legendary superhero creator Stan Lee has sued Marvel, his old comic book company, claiming that it has cooked its books to show that it has made no profits from the Spider-Man movie and therefore owes him nothing. Lee, who is 79, created Spider-Man in 1962. In his court filing, Lee also asked the court to ensure that he receives his share of profits from upcoming films based on Marvel characters, including The Hulk, X-Men, and Daredevil. Marvel issued a statement stating that it was in full compliance with the terms of its contract with Lee and pointed out that he is well compensated as an employee. He reportedly is paid $1 million annually.

[eplovejoy]

This is a good example of Karma.

Stan Lee, the writer, and Jack Kirby, the artist, made Marvel what it is. Their teamwork created such legendary characters as the Fantastic Four and Thor. But when Stan Lee was in charge of Marvel, he refused to return to Kirby his artwork. Lee's shameful treatment of Kirby doesn't justify Marvel's shameful treatment of Lee, but it makes it a little harder to feel sorry for Stan now.

Peter,
who for the most part likes Stan Lee and is grateful that Lee's famously alliterative declarations in columns in the 1960s and '70s added several words to his vocabulary

[kurt_messick]

That's the old 'percentage of the profits' game -- when are people going to wake up to the fact that there are no profits, thanks to creative accounting? Does this mean, if there are no profits, that there are not taxes being paid either? I'd like to learn more about that...