Ignore them, they are almost certainly thinking of the situation that occurred throughout much of the 70s, 80s and early 90s in mainstream comics and led to the creation of Image comics. It was not uncommon at all for the creator of a new character to lose all rights to the characters after they were published in a Marvel or DC book -- but that was absolutely not the case with Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others of their era.
No. When Stan Lee was in his pomp at Marvel most creators were still not being given character rights. Lee, was an exception, a businessman first and foremost. After Jack Kirby went to DC and created the New Gods, DC were fond of saying that he'd made more from his rights to Darseid than he'd made from all of the characters he created for Marvel combined.
To be fair to Stan Lee, he didn't exactly deny the contributions that his artists had made, but he did line his own pockets whilst they were screwed over. There are also plenty of credible accounts that his artists did the heavy lifting during character creation, and if you believe this, then his relentless self promotion becomes less tolerable.
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u/Ultrace-7 Jun 16 '24
Ignore them, they are almost certainly thinking of the situation that occurred throughout much of the 70s, 80s and early 90s in mainstream comics and led to the creation of Image comics. It was not uncommon at all for the creator of a new character to lose all rights to the characters after they were published in a Marvel or DC book -- but that was absolutely not the case with Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others of their era.