deejayway wrote:

Now if we look at Marvel's most significant, money-generating properties, I think it safe to say that almost everyone would agree that Jack made a significant contribution to:

The X-Men (ditto; Magneto, the Sentinels)

Surely Claremont/Cockrum/Byrne should get more credit than Stan and Jack for making the X-Men a success.  The book was a low-to-mid-level title under Stan and Jack, and eventually got cancelled in its original form despite solid work from Thomas and Adams.  It's the Claremont/Cockrum/Byrne (with an initial assist from Wein) X-Men that became a mega-success at the movies, on TV, and in toy stores and such.  Stan and Jack's work contributed about as much to the success of the X-Men as did the guy that invented the staple - should he get a cut, as well?

Now if we're talking about reprint royalties on the work that Jack actually DID, that would be a more reasonable grounds for a lawsuit.  Anything beyond that just seems like a money grab based on Jack's name being tangentially (and briefly) attached to an early version of the characters (in the case of the X-Men specifically).

JRjr