Kirby maintains that Goodman made promises that were not kept - so maybe he was not compensated in the manner he was lead to believe.


Possibly, maybe; given Goodman's reputation, even likely.  But Jack was an adult, a former publisher himself, and had to know that "promises" not committed to paper in the proper legal form are worthless.  Get a lawyer, get the "promises" in writing, and don't complain about it later if you don't and the other guy doesn't live up to what you thought he promised.


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