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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
...True story (unlike the masturbation thing I just mentioned):
As part of the settlement of a copyright infringement suit Disney Studios launched against Marvel Comics, Howard the Duck (who admittedly looks a LOT like Donald Duck), is now legally required to wear pants.
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From
Was Superman a Spy? by Brian Cronin:
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Disney felt that Howard too closely resembled Donald Duck, and it wanted Marvel to change his appearance. Amazingly, Marvel agreed to a settlement in which a Disney artist did a redesign of Howard (one of the major points was that Howard had to wear pants) and Marvel had to agree to stick to that design.
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(Just posted that to let folks here know that
occasionally I say things that are true.)