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On April 7, 2009, another release was made, this time a collection of all the cartoons released by Warner Home Video as the first authorized collection from the original masters, titled Max Fleischer's Superman: 1941–1942 with a suggested price at $26.99; the set included one new special feature in the form of "The Man, The Myth, Superman ...
When the action went unheeded, Detective and Superman, Inc. filed suit against Fawcett in September 1941, [2] [3] naming Republic as a co-defendant. [3] The lawsuit between Detective and Fawcett proceeded for seven years before trial finally began in March 1948. [3]
Wonderman, [2] is a 1940 decision of the Second Circuit in which the court held that the archetype of a comic book hero, in this case a cape-wearing benevolent-Hercules figure , is an idea, which the copyright in the comic strips does not protect against copying; only the specific details of the strips, their particular expression, enjoy legal ...
Superman (1941), also known as The Mad Scientist, is the first installment in a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. It was produced by Fleischer Studios and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1941. [ 1 ]
In 1947, Siegel and Shuster sued National Comics Publications for the rights to both Superman and Superboy and a "just share" of all profits that National and its partners made off the character. The suit was filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in Westchester County. [18] The case was presided over by Judge J. Addison Young.
Jude Law is the latest actor who's revealed that he came close to playing Superman on the big screen.
At the time, Tyler was a weightlifting champion and the serial costume matched Captain Marvel's original comic book appearance, right down to his being slender. By the time of the serial's release, the appearance of Captain Marvel had changed due to Fawcett comics artist C. C. Beck changing the way he drew the character.
Some of the biggest headlines to emerge while James Gunn was shooting “Superman” came from set photo leaks that revealed the new Man of Steel costume would include the superhero’s iconic red ...