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Stan Lee to be Paid Millions for Spidey

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the big-bucks-true-believers dept.

Soldrinero writes "After a tough legal battle that began in 2002 (mentioned in a previous Slashdot story), Stan Lee will finally get his due. A recent court decision says that Marvel owes Lee 10% of their profits for works based on his creations. Since three recent Marvel-based movies are in the all-time top 100 for box-office gross, this will be a sizable chunk of change."

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  1. Steve Ditko by MsGeek · · Score: 1, Redundant
    What about his heirs? Steve Ditko is the true creator of Spiderman. Kirby's heirs will be due big time for The Fantastic Four, however. Stan Lee has some settling up he needs to do with the families of the real creators he screwed during the '60s.

    For the real story:
    http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko.html

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