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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
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Sounds like the typical legal bullshit. In the case of the original Superman comic it sounds like the creators signed over the rights, so I would not call it theft, but certainly not what I'd call moral or fair-play either. Of course this was the 1930's and this sort of thing was rampant in the music, literature, and other venues.
In the case of Jack Kirby, it's very difficult to say. Companies are always going to try and grab everything they can. Again that doesn't make it right or moral, but the courts will have to give the final legal answer.