After all, Stan Lee did originally tap Kirby to draw Spider-Man, and the artist reportedly created five pages before Lee changed his mind and gave the assignment to Ditko. (According to Ditko ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Spider-Man, Iron Man and The Incredible ... with a lower court judge who denied claims by the family of Jack Kirby, the legendary artist who died in 1994 and whose work spanned ...

Kirby died in 1994, passing along his interests ... even though various studios currently have a license to produce movies such as “Spider-Man” (Sony) and “X-Men” (Fox), the estate ...

NEW YORK — Marvel has settled a lawsuit bound for the Supreme Court that pitted the comic-book company against the family of the artist who helped create such iconic superheros as Spider-Man ...

Why a battle over Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Avengers was ... Marvel ended a long and bitter feud with the estate of comic book legend Jack Kirby, announcing a settlement just days before the ...

Jack Kirby is rightly regarded as one of the greatest figures in American comic history. A gifted storyteller with a love of ...

Jack Kirby's heirs are seeking to claim a portion of the Spider-Man copyright from Marvel Comics, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Last week Kirby's heirs sent 45 copyright termination notices ...

Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai concurs with the hundreds of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PS5 reviews that shower the game with immense praise. The accomplished developer labeled ...

Marvel struck back Friday in a legal battle over the lucrative rights to a stable of superheroes including Spider-Man ... from the heirs of artist Jack Kirby who are trying to end Marvel ...