ReviveTheRedRaven wrote:
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.



Oral promises are legally enforceable and far from worthless.  When you make an oral promise and then break it, you are liable for breach of contract or, if you never intended to live up to the promise, fraud.

Marvel's problem is that they are the ones who should have documented their agreements with Kirby on paper dotting the last "i."  Marvel needed to protect itself better.  Because they did not, it appears that the Kirby Estate may have the upper hand in the present legal battles.