Comments on: Gerry Conway discusses Creator Equity Concerns http://firestormfan.com/2015/04/30/conway-equity/ The Source for DC Comics' Nuclear Man - Firestorm! Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Mark Baker-Wright http://firestormfan.com/2015/04/30/conway-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-531848 Fri, 01 May 2015 16:38:56 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=10498#comment-531848 So, regarding the Killer Frost/Caitlyn Snow rights conundrum. Does DC’s opinion change if Caitlyn Snow ever DOES become Killer Frost? Right now, one could argue that the Flash character isn’t a derivative of Conway’s creation (but should still belong to Gates and Santacruz, as Conway himself suggests), since the Flash character hasn’t ever *been* a version of any character Conway created.

]]> By: Keith Samra http://firestormfan.com/2015/04/30/conway-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-531567 Fri, 01 May 2015 04:31:13 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=10498#comment-531567 “Loopholes” that seem to profit WB!… One must wonder if this is a cleverly thought out plan by WB lawers and accountants?

In this retrospect, Marv Wolfman and George Perez are credited as the creators of Nightwing… So now one assumes that Nightwing is now a creation of Bill Finger (and since he is yet to be credited for all his work at DC, especially a little fellow called Batman) then in turn, Nightwing is in fact created by Bob Kane?!?

I appreciate and enjoy the work that Gerry Conway produced for DC (even Marvel), even to this day, and really hope that he does get suitable compensation for whats been denied him so far.

]]> By: Earth 2 Chris http://firestormfan.com/2015/04/30/conway-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-531224 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:31:49 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=10498#comment-531224 I’ve heard others compare this to Golden Age creators wanting ownership of their characters back. This is a totally different issue. There are contracts in place that give creators like Conway certain equity in their characters. These previous contracts are being ignored and redefined in a very willy-nilly fashion.

I hope DC does the right thing here. This time it’s not just a “moral” thing as they did for Siegel and Shuster back in the 70s. It is both a moral AND legal thing.

Chris

]]> By: James http://firestormfan.com/2015/04/30/conway-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-531199 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:03:16 +0000 http://firestormfan.com/?p=10498#comment-531199 All I can say about this is what I say when they do something stupid (which is quite often, or have you not seen the new Joker yet?): ” Because DC”.

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