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Zakor1138 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: AnnabellRice wrote: No, there's lots of characters in the comics that Marvel doesn't own the rights to, such as, but not limited to, G.I. Joe, STAR TREK, TRANSFORMERS, Micronauts (including the Guardians of the Galaxy's Bug), and Rom. Zakor1138 wrote: Well, yeah. Like Conan the Barbarian, Fu Manchu, and the various licensed characters that exist in Earth-616. Huh, do we have a page about it? 'Cause that would definitely be an interesting read. Characters they don't have the film rights for, and characters they don't have the rights to at all anymore. We don't have a page for it, but I can name some other characters that Marvel can't use anymore but exist in Earth-616. Godzilla, Tarzan, the Shogun Warriors, and NFL SuperPro.

As for the licenses that AnnabellRice mentioned, only Micronauts and ROM exist in Earth-616. G.I. Joe and Transformers take place on two separate Marvel realities, and Star Trek is anyone's guess. Well, now that Marvel is owned by Disney, I can imagine that if Disney ever wants to re-obtain the rights (for things such as Once Upon A Time, Kingdom Hearts and general merchandise since it's one of their most popular movies), Marvel would then be able to bring back their version. Though I doubt they would, since he seems to be a very minor character.