Don Rico Archives

On behalf of these parties, attorney Marc Toberoff brought such copyright termination attempts in regard to these properties.  Marvel in turn filed lawsuits against Larry Lieber and the estates of Don Heck, Gene Colan, and Don Rico However, no settlement has been reached in the case of the estate of Steve Ditko, which seeks to[...]

The history of jungle girl comics has seen many characters rise to fame, but Lorna, the Jungle Queen was Marvel's underappreciated first entry into the genre.  Created by writer Don Rico and artist Werner Roth and featuring covers by the likes of Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Al Williamson, Sol Brodsky, Al Hartley and more, Marvel's[...]

And on that decision hangs many other such cases – including Marvel Comics' sixties characters and so much more. It is noted that when Jack Kirby's estate petitioned the Supreme Court for copyright reversal, that it was then, and only then, that Disney paid out what is reported to be $30-$35 million to settle the case[...]