Comments on: Superboy Copyright FAQ

By: Max

Max — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:50:48 +0000

Hey, since the trial is 1 week from today, I was wondering. What are the chances of Kon-El returning in Final crisis. I'm not looking for spoilers, but perhaps a hint of what we're going to see in Final Crisis.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:22:18 +0000

Yeah, they could bring back Conner Kent, but I disagree about them being able to call him Superboy.

By: CHARLES DAVID HASKELL

CHARLES DAVID HASKELL — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:54:09 +0000

SINCE CONNOR KENT WASN'T CREATED FROM THE 1940 PERIOD BUT AFTER THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN SEVERAL YEARS. CONNOR KENT BELONG TO TIME WARNER AND HE CAN BE CALLED SUPERBOY OR ANY NAME SUPERNOVA. HOW BRINGING BACK THE ADVENTURE COMICS STARRING CONNOR "SUPERBOY"KENT. JUST GIVE HIM A NEW COSTUME THAT ISN'T A SUPERMAN COPY VERSION. GOOD LUCK TO TIME WARNER AND THEIR BATTLE WITHG THE SIEGEL. YOUR TRULY CHARLES DAVID HASKELL

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:51:09 +0000

Hey, Brian. I noticed that on the Superman: Doomsday release that The Superboy Kon-El original pictures are not shown. If it's just a copyright issue and not a trademark issue, wouldn't DC still count that as a Tradematk and therefore allow Kon-EL to be in the DVD extras?

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:48:40 +0000

Oh, good. First Amendment and all that.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:36:05 +0000

It's okay. No one's attacking you.

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:16:15 +0000

I never said that. I just thought he was the Brian Gerwitz of DC Comics (For the Reference to this person go to wrestlingobserver.net) Like a current update on Superboy

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:48:28 +0000

I think people are under the impression that Brian Cronin controls DC comics. If only that were true...

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:27:15 +0000

I just thought of something. You guys can call Kon-El Superboy and he can have the same costum. You guys can just retcon his powers and BOOM! He's a brand new Superboy!

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:55:28 +0000

Yeah, I noticed you guys call him "Earth-Prime Superman" Now. Although it's true that Prime has aged since he first appeared in infinite crisis by 5 years, I don't think that it was necessary to change the name, although if the Judge had something to say about the Superboy-Prime character, I mean the storyline plot is from Smallville. The Custody battle is an ongoing one, I know that.

Was the lawsuit the reason you guys omitted the Supermen in Superman: Doomsday, or would you guys have cut the 4 characters even if you owned the copyright?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:44:17 +0000

Superman Prime and the Legion of Superheroes TV series really tells you all you need to know about where DC currently stands with the Superboy suit.

So long as they're going out of their way to avoid calling characters Superboy, you know they don't think they're in good shape.

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:08:49 +0000

Legion of Super-Hero Series. My Apologies.

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:07:28 +0000

"S" on his chest* sorry for the typo.

By: Jonny R.

Jonny R. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:06:21 +0000

Hey, I noticed in the Teen Titans 50th Issue that Smallville's billboard Sign was obscurred due to Bart's recklessness, and you guys keep covering Superboy's "S" on his with something, whether it be an object blocking it, Conner wearing a shirt under it, since you guys say that you guy's own the "S" shield and also on July 27,2007, Warner Bros. got the favor of the judge to dismiss some of the Seigels claims about the Superboy character, and there's something else, Superboy has been used for over a year after Infinite Crisis, They Stop doing it around April 2007? Is DC Comics teasing the fans on how they are working with the Kon-El Superboy? As long as their are fans that deeply care about Conner Kent, I don't think he will go away. Also, you claim that DC no longer owns a Superboy story, but I see Every comic with Kon-EL being called Superboy in whatever graphic novel available. Does this that all Teen Titans issues from #40 and under will be heavily edited or something like that? Oh, and there's is something I always wanted to ask. If WB gets the Superboy copyright back, will you guys introduce a "SuperBOY" character into the series? Maybe Prime, Conner, DC One Million Superboy?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:42:09 +0000

So if DC can publish comics w/ Captain Marvel but not with his name in the title, why would it make a difference if they had comics w/ Superboy, w/o the name in the title of the comic? Is it something completely different from the Cap. Marvel issue?

Captain Marvel is a trademark issue (Marvel has the trademark), so it doesn't affect the stories inside the comic.

Superboy is a copyright issue, so it does affect the stories inside the comic.

Although, as mentioned before, DC owns the trademark on Superboy, so can publish their own original character called Superboy, so long as it is different enough from the original.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:57:52 +0000

So if DC can publish comics w/ Captain Marvel but not with his name in the title, why would it make a difference if they had comics w/ Superboy, w/o the name in the title of the comic? Is it something completely different from the Cap. Marvel issue?

By: Toomuchtimeonhishands!

Toomuchtimeonhishands! — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:13:08 +0000

@ TONY: Actually it would be very simple to bring Conner Kent back since he really doesnâ€™t share the same origin or even powers and lineage as the proposed Golden Age Superboy pitch by Siegel. Dan Didio even once stated that all they had to do was change his codename. He also said Superboy was dead-dead and not comic book dead. In actuality, they had to get him out of the way for a new character, Christopher Kent. Heâ€™s a boy from Krypton adopted by Superman who ironically looks and acts like that poor little bastard Superman refused to take responsibility for in the movies. Don't depair though. Robin is trying to clone Conner Kent, whether DC chooses to follow up on that subplot is entirely their call.

@ Jon: Other than the name, they can use Superboy-prime. Even the name is doubtful because of the â€œ-PRIMEâ€ (They call Christopher Kent â€œSuper-boyâ€ and there is a Super-boy in the LOSH cartoon, the hyphen apparently makes a difference). DC retconned Superboy-Prime so that heâ€™s Superboy from a reality created by the Elsworlds series â€œSecret Identityâ€ about a kid who just happened to be named Clark Kent and just happened to have Supermanâ€™s power by accident.

@ Jon: You better believe it! They'll probably call him Anti-Superboy or some dumb thing just to thumb their noses at the Siegel Estate.

@ Dan: Doubtful. That is way, way, WAY too close to the original concept. Warner will probably not pay royalties for it.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:38:30 +0000

I have one concern, with Warner releasing the 60s Superman cartoons in June. Will we ever get the 60s Superboy cartoons?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:42:43 +0000

Well, they haven't used Superboy Prime SINCE Infinite Crisis, right?

And I think when he DOES show up, he will likely have a new name (and note that by the end of the series, his costume was totally changed as well).

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:11:40 +0000

How come they can use Superboy-Prime with no problem?

Is it because he doesn't refer to himself as Kent?

Because for all purposes he is Young Superman called Kent calling himself Superboy.