Stan Lee Media

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Stan Lee Media (which, despite its name, no longer has any association with Stan Lee) will simply not go away. In September, a federal judge threw out the organization's lawsuit against Disney and Marvel in which it claimed ownership of many of Marvel's characters, including Spider-Man, Thor, the Hulk and the X-Men, and even barred it from re-litigating its case. And yet, Stan Lee Media has filed

In what may be the last volley in what's been a confusing and lengthy legal battle, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez has dismissed Stan Lee Media's lawsuit against Disney, in which the company named for, but which no longer has any association with, the co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters claimed copyrights to those properties.

Movies: Though he won't be in Iron Man 3, Samuel L. Jackson will reprise his Nick Fury role next in Captain America: Winter Soldier. Gaming: DC Universe Online players can now buy "Organic and Tectonic (Nature and Earth) weapon style packs" in the PC and PS3 Marketplaces...

We've previously seen the estate of Jack Kirby try to wrestle back ownership of the characters the King of Comics had created for Marvel, and now it's apparently time for the corporation bearing the name of Kirby's co-conspirator to try the same thing...