Thread:GrnMarvl14/@comment-1713281-20120612232350/@comment-61371-20120613015913

Men in Black, though originally published by Marvel (we have a page for MIB: Far Cry, though I can't recall what the specific pagename is), I wouldn't really call it a Marvel or Marvel imprint property, though. It's sort of a basic idea that took on a life of its own and went far beyond the initial comic roots. Sort of akin to Transformers, it's really a licensed property (not exactly, but close enough) with its roots in Marvel, but it's evolved far beyond that. I'd definitely say we shouldn't cover Men in Black beyond any comics published by Marvel or Malibu (trying to think of a good example to compare it to, but I can't off the top of my head. I'm positive within the Epic catalog, there's something to compare it to, but I'm not entirely certain of the roots of WHY Marvel published it).

Kick-Ass...I'm not sure how we should handle that. Technically it's owned by Mark Millar and the films (because there is talk of a sequel, and a Hit-Girl film) and video games have nothing to do with Marvel, but it's not like anyone else (aside from Millar's self-published CLiNT...or however it's capitalized) have published it, and it's a firm comic book property. I'd say we shouldn't cover them, but I wouldn't be completely against it if we did. I'd just get a better consensus before proceeding. If you haven't already, ask Artful, Johnny, Ed, and maybe Jamie if he's active. See what they think, and I'd say go with the majority decision (or listen to whoever's firmly set one way or another...which I'm not).