Monthly Archives: August 2014

Nova’s Complex Legal History

Posted on August 12, 2014 by | 22 comments

Although the Guardians of the Galaxy movie did not feature a specific character identifiable as the superhero Nova (e.g. Richard Rider), it did feature the Nova Corps, and there have been indications that Nova may make an appearance in a sequel.  It turns out that the character of Nova has an interesting legal history, one that attorney Britton Payne has written a great post about on his copyright blog, Copyright On.  Check it out!

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Posted in copyright, intellectual property, movies, superheroes

Guardians of the Galaxy and She-Hulk

Posted on August 3, 2014 by | 5 comments

Guardians of the Galaxy was a really terrific movie, and I highly recommend it.  As with many of the more cosmic Marvel storylines there isn’t much more for me to say about it than that.

I’ve continued to follow She-Hulk with similar results.  The last couple of issues have been good (albeit a little bit wheel-spinning in terms of the larger story arc), but there haven’t been any big legal issues that leapt off the page at me.  Still, it’s a good book.  The writer, Charles Soule, has indicated that “There’s a bunch happening in issues 8-10 I think [Law and the Multiverse will] have a field day with”, so I’m looking forward to that in a couple of months.

So, back to the backlog of questions from readers.  Look for more (and more substantial) posts in the coming weeks.

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Posted in movies, She-Hulk