Marvel Settles Dispute Over Avengers Characters.

Marvel has settled disputes over copyrights in comics created by several writers and artists, including Gene Colan, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, and Don Rico, but the fight with Steve Ditko's estate continues. Marvel filed a series of lawsuits in response to copyright termination notices from Larry Lieber and the estates of Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and Don Rico. The fight is over the rights to titles including The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, and more. Marvel has reached deals that resolve four of the fights, but the fate of Amazing Fantasy and Strange Tales is still to be determined.