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He also seeks a share of profits
Lee hopes a judge will intervene and make sure he gets a percentage of profits from the Ben Affleck movie Daredevil, scheduled for release in February.
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Marvel has reported millions of dollars in earnings from the film but has told Lee the company has seen no "profits" as defined by their contract.
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The creative force behind Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil filed a $10 million lawsuit Tuesday, claiming his old comic book company is cheating him out of millions of dollars in movie profits.
Lee files suit against Marvel for his share of movie profits
Stan Lee, who crafted a menagerie of superpowered heroes with very human flaws, now claims Marvel Entertainment Inc. has tried to shut him out of the "jackpot" success of this summer's Spider-Man movie.
Lee's attorneys filed court papers in Manhattan federal court, claiming Marvel signed a deal to give its client 10 percent of any profits from his characters used in films and television
shows.
Spider-Man has been the year's biggest hit, grossing more than $400 million domestically—but the 80-year-old Lee said he hasn't seen a penny.
"Despite reaping enormous benefits from Mr. Lee's creations, defendants have failed and refused to honor their commitments to him," the lawsuit charges.
from the upcoming movie Incredible Hulk, and the sequels to X-Men and Spider-Man.
The lawsuit demands damages and a court order forcing Marvel to turn over Lee's share in any profits from movies about characters he created.
Marvel issued a statement saying Lee "continues to be well-compensated" for his contributions to the industry. It said the company is "in full compliance with, and current on all payments due under, terms of Lee's employment agreement."
Spider-Man stars Tobey Maguire as the teenage superhero, Willem Dafoe as the villainous Green Goblin and Kirsten Dunst as love interest Mary Jane Watson. A sequel is due out in 2004.
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1 Gumbo ingredient
5 Extended family member
10 Train to box
14 Charges
15 With the upper hand
16 In the company of
17 Achievement
18 Boulder
19 ___ vera
20 Hose attachment
22 Genesis tempter
24 Club Med, e.g.
26 Unexpected victory
27 Actress Garbo
30 Tranquil
32 Interlock anew
34 Big place in California?
35 Whart
39 Title role for Will Smith
40 Fiddles
43 Trick of the tongue
44 Data storage unit
46 Hula hoop?
47 End a dispute
49 Young pigs
52 Take a sample
53 Ray
56 Boards
58 Back
60 Reagan and McDonald
64 Dodge model
65 Actor Stu
67 Highlander
68 Rani's wrap
69 Take flight to unite
70 Perry's creator
71 Writer Ferber
72 Units of force
73 Surprise attack
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2 Maintain
3 Raise
4 Fertility goddess
5 Sense organs
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6 Lead-ins
7 DDE's command
8 Interpret
9 Dueling sword
10 Traded
11 Stacks
12 Make amends
13 Fictional Butler
21 Leavening agent
23 Beat a retreat
25 Breather
27 Snatch
28 Count (on)
29 Discharge
31 Behaves humanly?
33 Nimbus
36 Chooses
37 Quasi-religious sect
38 "..with a banjo on my __"
41 Sparely
42 Hall University
45 Country on the Baltic
Solutions to yesterday's puzzle.
48 Scarlet ___
50 That girl
51 Rank indication
53 Meaning
54 Do the dough
55 Decorate
57 Loudness units
59 Potential plant
61 "Doctor Zhivago"
heroine
62 Sub shop
63 Snow-day
ride
66 Came in first
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