Talk:Wonder Man (Fox Publications)

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Should this entry be renamed "Wonder Man (Fox)" or something like that? Also, I updated the name to "Wonder Man" in the main body, as I don't think "Wonderman" is correct.Roygbiv666 00:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Creative Ambiguity

I think this needs a disambiguation page. I've never heard of "Fox Publications" before, but I knew Eisner'd created him.... Trekphiler 11:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Bid vs Bud court case

Who is "I" and what is the court case mentioned? Wiki doesn't know. Google doesn't know. The article doesn't say. Is it in reference to the King of Beers/Beer of Kings court case? Bid? What? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krystofor (talk • contribs) 12:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

And actually, I just realized there is an entry for "Wonder Man (comics)" in reference to the same character. The information here should be fused there.

Wonder Man (comics) isn't about this character - it is to disambiguate the various Wonder Men. (Emperor 16:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC))

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Text from Wonderman

In May of 1939, Fox Features Syndicate's Wonder Comics #1 came out. This title's star hero was called Wonderman (no relation to the Marvel Comics' character Wonder Man). His powers were virtually identical to Superman's. In fact, Fox instructed the Eisner-Iger Shop create for him a “superman”. Victor Fox was not creating a homage of Superman, but with only minor changes in the concept of Wonderman, he was creating his own version of Superman. Even the cover of Wonder Comics #1 was a near-re-creation of Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1.

This got DC Comics angry enough to file a copyright infringement case against the publisher, Victor A. Fox. The case went to court, Will Eisner testified against Fox. The court, in its decision of April 7, 1939 found, comparing Superman and Wonderman, that “there has been unfair use by Fox of DC’s copyrighted pictures and unfair paraphrase of DC’s text accompanying its pictures.”The judge decided in DC's favor (after the BID vs BUD court case, I doubt that DC could win that argument so easily today). At that time, Will Eisner was never paid over $1,000 (worth around $14,000 in today's market) that Victor Fox owed him. The second issue Wonder Comics was published, but without Wonderman, and that would be the last of this title's run.

In his only appearance, radio engineer Fred Carson went to Tibet (as did The Shadow, Doctor Strange, and other comic heroes of the 1930s), and was awarded a magical ring (reminiscent of the Green Lantern and Seraph (comics)). Back at home, Fred's boss at the International Broadcasting Company, the gruff Mr. Hastings, has no use for the mild-mannered Fred, nor does Hastings' daughter Brenda, who works as a nurse at the hospital Wonderman saved. Headstrong and spoiled, she was Carson's dream-girl. Brenda was also engaged to the rich, snobbish playboy Reggie Berold, who believes Wonderman is a threat!

Roygbiv666 (talk) 20:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)