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Is Rob Liefeld Going to Sue Marvel Comics?

Published Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:00:50 -0500

Rob Liefeld dropped a shocking revelation on Twitter Monday night. The superstar artist revealed that he's spoken to a lawyer and is "about to hold some feet to the fire over shady practices at Marvel." Liefeld tagged Disney CEO Bob Iger in the tweet.

https://twitter.com/robertliefeld/status/1181378346170667009

Liefeld clarified that it wasn't Marvel Studios he was talking about, but the "New York" branch headed up by Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter.

And, for clarification, when I say Marvel, I'm not taking the west coast cinematic branch. "New York" as referenced here in 2015 Hollywood Reporter. https://t.co/Xfnl4MtWRd

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

Liefeld dropped a few more clues about what he's talking about but didn't go into much more detail.

Gotta shake up that good ol' boy network that's been making things up as they go. You have no idea.

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

It appears to have something to do with Deadpool, but not Deadpool "proper."

Not DP proper. https://t.co/dc7qcFEGgN

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

More. Stay tuned https://t.co/WC42RsonZB

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

That was all Liefeld had to say about that, but he did take a trip down memory lane regarding a past legal dispute.

As artists we have to protect ourselves from practices that compromise our livelihood. I have always championed creators rights and I always will.

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

True story, back in 1996, Marvel filed a motion against me that stated in the complaint that I created a character called Fighting American in order to prevent me from publishing it. It was sent over at 5pm pacific time, 8pm eastern, the case was being heard 9am the next day.

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

We contacted a rep in NYC & flew Matt Hawkins overnight to assist with defending the motion, Fighting American was not created by me but by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby and Marvel had actually published a compendium of the work in 1987. Their attorney was shocked we showed up to oppose

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

The motion was filed in a misleading manner in order to obtain a temporary restraint against my publishing Fighting American. Had the Judge granted it based on the misleading filing it would have taken me months to unwind the ruling and it would have stopped me cold.

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

The Judge ruled against the TRO as we showed Marvel had published a version of the comic they were seeking to stop. Then Marvel filed that Fighting American could not wield a shield as he had not previously. Bottom line, we won that ruling as well. Fighting American went to press

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) October 8, 2019

Marvel was not immediately available for comment.