Don't misunderstand. I have no quarrel with the Kirby heirs filing a lawsuit, That is their right. As I have said, if we are simply talking "fair" or "moral" Jack should have gotten more money.

But if we are talking "legal" (which was the purported intent of this thread), then I side with the court and Dave Sim in thinking their case was weak to begin with. I believe that Jack Kirby always understood the nature of his employment with Martin Goodman. That he may have been unhappy with it is immaterial. Many people are unhappy with the terms of their employment. Yet they show up for work every day and they cash those paychecks.

The thrust of the current lawsuit seems to be "hey, these properties became a lot more valuable than Jack could ever have dreamed back in 1963, so let's revisit the financial arrangments."

And if this is just work he did for Goodman from 1958 to 1963, then it really all comes down to the Fantastic Four. Does anybody seriously think Marvel or the Kirby heirs cares who owns "Groot, the Monster from Planet X?"