Stan Lee’s Daughter Says Partners Defrauded Him Out of IP

Legendary comic artist Stan Lee’s business partners tanked his company to win the rights to his intellectual property in bankruptcy, his daughter says in a complaint in the Central District of California.

Joan Celia Lee sued POW! “to not only expose manifold frauds visited upon Stan Lee from 2001 through 2018 by Defendant, its CEO Gill Champion and a range of unsavory characters, but to also vindicate and clear title to Stan Lee’s intellectual property,” the complaint says.

Lee created iconic Marvel characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and “hundreds more.” Lee formed Stan Lee Entertainment and transferred ...