{"id":6140,"date":"2013-01-10T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T20:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2013-01-10T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T20:56:40","slug":"dc-wins-big-against-estate-of-jerry-siegel-over-ownership-of-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/dc-wins-big-against-estate-of-jerry-siegel-over-ownership-of-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Wins Big Against Estate Of Jerry Siegel Over Ownership Of Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI can\u2019t stand to look at a Superman comic book. It makes me physically ill. I love Superman, and yet, in my mind, he\u2019s been twisted around into some kind of alien thing.\u201d \u2013 Jerry Siegel<\/p>\n

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The US Appeal courts have ruled in favour of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment in the dispute with the heirs of Jerry Siegel over the rights and ownership to Superman and enforces the 2001 contract between Sigel\u2019s estate and DC Comics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Deadline interprets this as a \u201cgreen light for Warner Bros. to now move forward with its Superman big screen reboot Man of Steel and other related properties\u201d and reports that the ruling criticised an earlier ruling that allowes Siegel\u2019s heirs to challenge the contract, and that a letter from their lawyers to DC was to to be considered an acceptance of that contract.<\/p>\n

via DC Wins Big Against Estate Of Jerry Siegel Over Ownership Of Superman – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI can\u2019t stand to look at a Superman comic book. It makes me physically ill. I love Superman, and yet, in my mind, he\u2019s been twisted around into some kind of alien thing.\u201d \u2013 Jerry Siegel The US Appeal courts have ruled in favour of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment in the dispute with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-1B2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20376,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/superman-official-trailer-dc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6140,"position":0},"title":"Superman Official Trailer DC","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"May 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Your choices, your actions, that\u2019s what makes you who you are. #Superman - Only In Theaters and @Imax July 11","rel":"","context":"In "Trailers"","block_context":{"text":"Trailers","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/trailers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/images.jpeg?fit=480%2C640&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4389,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/superman-lawyer-scores-a-minor-win-in-brutal-battle-with-warner-bros-robot-6-comic-book-resources-covering-comic-book-news-and-entertainment\/","url_meta":{"origin":6140,"position":1},"title":"Superman lawyer scores a minor win in brutal battle with Warner Bros. | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources \u2013 Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"June 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Three months after Warner Bros. trumpeted \u201ca significant victory\u201d in its lengthy legal brawl over the rights to Superman, the lawyer representing the estates of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has claimed a small win of his own. 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