| Movie production companies and TV have been | | | | book industry. He has characters like Batman, |
| creating feature length movies, movie | | | | Spider-Man and the Hulk credited to his |
| serials and TV shows for years exploiting the public | | | | creative imagination. Seems Stan had a contractual |
| fascination with Superheroes. But as | | | | agreement with Marvel for 10% of |
| special effect technology and costume designs | | | | any revenue acquired by Marvel from movies and |
| became better and better, Hollywood | | | | TV projects centered on Stan |
| kicked it up a notch with feature-length high budget | | | | characters. But apparently the high dollar |
| productions. Superman, the Movie | | | | superstructure of the corporate mind doesn't |
| and the 3 sequels started in the 1970s and the '90s | | | | want to part with all their income. Now this is |
| and beyond brought us Batman, The | | | | nothing new, but Stan Lee managed to win |
| Hulk, the X-Men and the now infamous Spider-Man, | | | | the first round for the little guy. The judge presiding |
| to name a few.Why all this interest in producing | | | | over Stan's case agreed that Stan |
| Superhero movies? Big bucks!! The two Spider-Man | | | | should receive his share of the agreed on profits. |
| movies alone have netted about 800 million dollars | | | | Now maybe Stan will get his share and |
| apiece in worldwide ticket sales. | | | | maybe he won't. Sounds like Marvel will be appealing |
| That's not chicken feed. This kind of income could | | | | the decision. At any rate, if there |
| not be generated without an avid | | | | weren't big bucks involved in the production of |
| public interest in Superheroes. So if you feel you are | | | | comic book Superhero movies, this case |
| alone in your voracious passion for | | | | would not have been such an issue.I believe the near |
| your own comic book collection, think again.And now | | | | future is going to bring many more of my favorite |
| a new twist has been added. Directors, screenplay | | | | heroes to the silver |
| writers, and even actors are | | | | screen. I have already started my own DVD |
| writing for, of all things, comic books now. Big name | | | | collection and as more heroes get transferred |
| Hollywood writers are helping to | | | | from the screen to round disc, I will continue to |
| sell more comics. For example, Joss Whedon, | | | | increase the size of my collection. Do |
| perhaps best known for creating Buffy the | | | | you think a DVD superhero collection will be worth |
| Vampire Slayer, has written stories for Marvel in the | | | | as much as a comic book collection |
| series Astonishing X-Men. Back in | | | | in the future? Probably not, but that won't stop me |
| the 90s, who would have known that all these fan | | | | from building my collection anyway.Dave Gieber, a |
| boys had been hiding in the Hollywood | | | | former rocket engineer, has decided to take up |
| woodworks waiting for comics to gain some cultural | | | | residency on the Internet. |
| credibility?If you haven't followed some of the comic | | | | He is the owner and editor of several websites, one |
| news of the last several months, Stan "the | | | | of which was built around one of his |
| man" Lee has been fighting his personal battle with | | | | childhood passions; . You can visit here to |
| His life long employer, Marvel | | | | keep up to date on the world of comic books and |
| Comics. Stan is probably one of the most well | | | | comic book collecting. |
| known character creators in the comic | | | | |