Like many comic fans, the character of ‘Ghost Rider’ has been a favourite of Nicolas Cage for years. It was vital to the actor that, if he were going to play Johnny Blaze, he needed to make a film that his 8-year-old self would’ve begged Ma and Pa to sne

With the release of "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" today (February 17), fanboys across the country are hell-bent for some hellfire. And they're sure to get more than their money's worth, what with that whole pissing fire thing from the trailer. It's

It sounds like the kind of bitter battle that you would read about in a comic book. Man versus self. Stan Lee versus … Stan Lee. Except here, Plaintiff Stan Lee is actually Stan Lee Media Inc. , (SLMI) the struggling, once-bankrupt company that comic crea

Completed nomination ballots are due by Monday, April 16th, and can be emailed to harveyballotshotmail.com. PvP’s Scott Kurtz will emcee the awards ceremony for the fourth year in a row. The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Co

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Harley-Davidson and Marvel Entertainment have come together again for the Assemble Your Freedom contest where customers can assemble their dream bike and become a character in an Avengers comic. From now through J

Faced with internet outcry over the news that Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich has been ordered to pay Marvel Comics $17,000 in damages from a lawsuit over ownership of the character, Marvel has broken its silence on the case with Publisher Dan Buckley

There has been quite an uproar concerning the reported counter suit from Marvel aimed at writer Gary Friedrich over the last week. After a judged ruled in their favor in a suit filed by Friedrich it was reported that Marvel then hit the Ghost Rider co cr

In the course of conducting this interview, CBR News asked a follow-up question as to Marvel's policies towards its creators: "Finally, issues of legal ownership aside, one of the most common complaints, if not the most common complaint about the comics

You can be sympathetic to Gary Friedrich’s current situations—older, broke and in bad health—while still being alarmed over all the issues his court case has raised. My own email and IMs are full of variant views on it. So let’s trace the evolution of t

Stan Lee Media’s attempt to reclaim the rights to Conan the Barbarian was dismissed by a federal judge, but the current owners of the failed Internet start-up company are still pursuing an appeal of an earlier decision that dismissed the company’s suit s

With a little over 10 days to go until Stan Lee makes his first appearance at a UK comic convention in nearly 40 years, the London Super Comic Convention has announced the panels and floor plan for their inaugural show. If you still haven't picked up you

Our 2/14/2012 calendar of upcoming comics events. On February 17-19, Megacon 2012 will take place in Orlando, Florida and feature such comic creator guests as Stan Lee, Dan DiDio, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke and Chuck Dixon among many others.

Writer Daniel Corey returns in March with more adventures of the nefarious Professor Moriarty, arch nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, in MORIARTY: THE LAZARUS TREE VOL 2 TP from Image Comics. Collecting issues #5 through #9 of the ongoing series, MORIARTY: THE

Stan Lee Media has lost the fight in court for the rights to Conan. The fight continues for other properties. A federal court has dimissed Stan Lee Media Inc.'s case to reclaim the rights to Conan the Barbarian. The company held the rights before it went

Stan Lee Media, which operates independently of its namesake and co-founder — in fact, it’s suing Stan Lee — has struggled since emerging from bankruptcy in November 2006 to regain some of the money and glory from the heyday of the Internet bubble, prima

"Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," from the creative team of Julie Taymor and Bono, seemed to reach deep into my childhood, and molested it. Oddly, I felt even worse for Spider-Man co-creators Stan Lee and especially artist Steve Ditko, who toils in silenc

Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, as first envisioned by artist Steve Ditko in 1964. Last week, after a long day of grown-up meetings in New York, I went to see “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark.” I had been torn all week about going. I knew the terrible pre

This Friday will see the release of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, with Nicolas Cage reprising his role from 2007's Ghost Rider. Since this sequel isn't being screened in advance for critics, we offer CL's original write-up on its predecessor, which w

A decade ago, Stan Lee Media Inc. declared bankruptcy. Since then, the company has been furiously fighting to reclaim rights to valuable intellectual property that the company's board of directors believes was fraudulently taken during the bankruptcy pro