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DJ Rustbucket
04-07-2006, 12:31 PM
Moderator: I'm not sure if I put this in the right place, but feel free to move it.

Yesterday, I went to Best Buy and purchased the first season of Justice League. I noticed after I got home, the back of the case says it featues such villains as Lex Luthor, somebody-else-who's-name-I'm-currently-forgetting, and Morgan La Fey.

Confused, I broke out my Avengers hardcover and set it side-by-side with the DVD case, and sure enough, both a Marvel and DC product mentioned the same character...without a crossover!!

Does this make sense? Can someone please explain this?

Thanks.
Eumenide No 2
04-07-2006, 12:37 PM
Morgan Le Fey is a figure of Arthurian Legend, and she is public domain, thus she can be used by either company, just like Thor,the Valkyries, Medusa, Zeus and most every mythological figure.



The thing is that each company has to give her a different look.
I bet DC's Morgan does not have purple hair and a green dress...
riotgear
04-07-2006, 12:38 PM
Moderator: I'm not sure if I put this in the right place, but feel free to move it.

Yesterday, I went to Best Buy and purchased the first season of Justice League. I noticed after I got home, the back of the case says it featues such villains as Lex Luthor, somebody-else-who's-name-I'm-currently-forgetting, and Morgan La Fey.

Confused, I broke out my Avengers hardcover and set it side-by-side with the DVD case, and sure enough, both a Marvel and DC product mentioned the same character...without a crossover!!

Does this make sense? Can someone please explain this?

Thanks.

It's a character that's from literature that is hundreds of years old: the Arthurian legends, obviously long before Marvel or DC. There have been writings of King Arthur in France as well as England, and different twists on the tales depending where it was written.
Earth2Jeff
04-07-2006, 01:20 PM
I think the DC Morgan La Fey showed up during Byrne's run on Wonder Woman. She looked quite different from the Marvel version.
Shellhead
04-07-2006, 01:29 PM
Welcome to the concept of public domain.

DC and Marvel have also had their own versions of Hercules, the Frankenstein Monster, Merlin, and various other characters.
kcekada
04-09-2006, 05:15 PM
DC's version actually debuted first -- in Jack Kirby's run of The Demon circa 1974.

Claremont introduced the Marvel version in Spider-Woman #2 circa 1978.
filthysize
04-09-2006, 07:02 PM
Since you asked politely, I'll resist the temptation to crack jokes about how Disney stole Hercules from Marvel.

Cheers.
StoneGold
04-10-2006, 02:10 AM
Since you asked politely, I'll resist the temptation to crack jokes about how Disney stole Hercules from Marvel.

Cheers.
Yeah, although Marvel's Herc is kind of a funny story himself. The original version of Marvel's Hercules (not counting the version that ended up being retconned as Gilgamesh) looked pretty much dead on like Steve Reeves, the actor best known for playing Herc at the time.
http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr69.jpghttp://www.dragonhero.com/graphics/marvel2/hercules.jpg

However, there was a period in the 90s where he grew long hair, shaved, and started wearing brown pants.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/05815547774.384.GIFhttp://www.goldenstateautographs.com/photographs/images/photosorbo.jpg
riotgear
04-10-2006, 05:38 PM
However, there was a period in the 90s where he grew long hair, shaved, and started wearing brown pants.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/05815547774.384.GIFhttp://www.goldenstateautographs.com/photographs/images/photosorbo.jpg

Wow, I can't believe I never put that together. Maybe because I only watched the show once or twice.
StoneGold
04-10-2006, 05:51 PM
Wow, I can't believe I never put that together. Maybe because I only watched the show once or twice.
I don't think I put it together either until significantly after it had happened.
malephoenix
04-10-2006, 06:38 PM
I'm...ashamed... My nerdery doesn't go far enough for me to have ever realized this.

Please don't ban me. :(
Haunt
04-10-2006, 08:00 PM
Marvel's version of Morgan is much hotter.
Mariah
04-11-2006, 12:57 AM
DC's version actually debuted first -- in Jack Kirby's run of The Demon circa 1974.

Claremont introduced the Marvel version in Spider-Woman #2 circa 1978.
Oh, so close, but no, i'm sorry, you have to take the booby prize. It wasn't Claremont, but was infact Marv Wolfman, the original writer of the series. Claremont didn't come on until Spider-Woman 34. His run was probably one of the best of the entire series with art by steve leialoha.