Red Sonja was the result of Roy Thomas hoping to add a compelling female character to the Conan series, and when Thomas heard of an interesting sounding female character from a non-Conan story by Robert E. The answer seems to be that Marvel COULD have gotten the copyright to Red Sonja - they just chose not to. However, the comment section was quickly filled with readers wanting to know then what was the deal with Red Sonja? Why doesn't Marvel own Red Sonja? Was she really too close to the Robert E. In that instance, the case was that the characters only shared a name, and you can't copyright just a name. Howard's Red Sonya character for Marvel to have gained an independent copyright on the character.Ī couple of weeks ago, I discussed how it was that Marvel Comics owned the copyright on a character, Shuma Gorath, who was clearly named after an old Robert E. This week, learn about the complicated legal history of Red Sonja plus the surprising history of her metal bikini! Plus, the strange and amusing story of how Holly Robinson was brought back to life!Ĭlick here for an archive of the previous three hundred and forty-four.ĬOMIC LEGEND: Red Sonja was too close to Robert E. Welcome to the three hundredth and forty-fifth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false.
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