Stan Lee may just be richer than Bill Gates now....

**baimun** · January 19th, 2005, 05:45 PM

From SuperHeroHype.com: According to the Associated Press, a judge in Manhattan federal court has ruled that Stan Lee, chairman emeritus at Marvel, is entitled to 10 percent of the profits from movie and television productions involving Marvel characters, as well as movie-related toys manufactured and sold by the company itself.

It also determined that a claim to share profits from Marvel's ventures with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios to produce Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk merchandise will have to be resolved by jury verdict.

"This is pretty much a sweeping victory for us," said Lee's attorney Howard Graff of the firm Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky of New York.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Holy shit.... take 10% of Spiderman 1 & 2, the Blades, Hulk, Dardevil, the DVD sales, all of the Marvel Legends... etc. etc. etc...

That's a NOOOIIICE chunk-o-change. [img]wink.gif[/img]

**Thew** · January 19th, 2005, 05:47 PM

he gets money from the stuff he didn't even create

genius!

**baimun** · January 19th, 2005, 05:49 PM

He created the characters that all that stuff is based off of though......

**Thew** · January 19th, 2005, 05:51 PM

not blade
and he didn't create DD did he?

**madadman** · January 19th, 2005, 05:54 PM

I say, way to go Stan. Marvel and Lee have seen their ups and downs over the decades. 'bout time Stan the Man really cashed it. He deserves it. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

**Biohazard** · January 19th, 2005, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by Thew:
not blade
and he didn't create DD did he?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">i believe so... i could be wrong, but i thought i remembered an interview with him about it.

**baimun** · January 19th, 2005, 06:02 PM

Almost all of the core Marvel characters were created by Lee, Kirby, and Ditko....

... and saying that he didn't have a hand in them is like saying George Lucas didn't design Darth Vader because we recognize him from Ralph McQuarrie's original art.

Stan created the stories and characters that the other two illustrated... and the byproduct is characters that grew beyond those modest comic beginnings into icons.

**Street Worm** · January 19th, 2005, 06:05 PM

Good-
He deserves it..........
Too bad Kirby ain't still around [img]frown.gif[/img]

**baimun** · January 19th, 2005, 06:10 PM

First Daredevil Appearance: 1964
Written by: Stan Lee
Drawn by: Bill Everett

I think his work with Blade goes back to the Tomb of Dracula... he was probably overseeing that comic.