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Jul 31 11 3:35 PM
alexarkadin wrote:It's simple really. The judge ruled Kirby's work was work for hire because Lee says he created the characters and plots and gave them to Kirby. If you assume that's the case then everything Kirby contributed came after Lee created the basic plots and characters. If the estate had been able to prove Kirby created characters at home and brought them to Lee then the case would have mirrored the Superman case where it was clear certain aspects of the character had been created before the copyright was sold to DC. As defined by Lee's deposition Kirby was nothing more than an illustrator. Lee says he gave detailed outlines to Kirby, and made changes to the artists pages so keep the story based on his plots in line with his original conceptions in the case the artist had strayed from Lee's intent. You could read every portion of Lee's deposition which has been made public and not find a single thing you could put a name on which Lee credits to Kirby with the exception of The Silver Surfer.
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