kirbyfanatic wrote:
That's the tragedy: that Kirby could have played a major role in the creation of those characters, but loses on the basis of work for hire.
And it was a real tragedy that Bill Finger never participated in the massive profits generated by the huge contributions he made to the Batman mythos. And a real tragedy that Siegel & Shuster made only a small fraction of the billions of dollars their Superman character has generated. And a real tragedy that Otto Messmer never received a fair share of the money generated by Felix the Cat. And a real tragedy that Seymour Reit never got a nickel for his creation of the character Casper the Friendly Ghost. And a real tragedy that Vincent Van Gogh never got any real money for his paintings when today they changed hands for many millions of dollars. (Are you sensing a pattern here?)