Jack Kirby's heirs (his four children) are seeking to reclaim the copyrights on the characters Kirby co-created for Marvel Comics back in the early 1960's as reported by several sources last week. Here, are some more links related to that story:
Kevin Melrose of Robot 6 at Comic Book Resources:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/09/jack-kirbys-heirs-seek-to-reclaim-copyrights-to-some-marvel-characters/
Melrose update:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/09/confirmed-jack-kirbys-heirs-want-a-piece-of-spider-man/
Nat Gertler on the bad assumptions about the Kirby estate's rights reclamation efforts: http://www.gertler.com/nat/tv/?p=1425
The Hollywood Reporter's blog:
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/09/jack-kirby-lawsuit-details.html
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