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Friday, 21 November 2014
Liga giants Valencia getting sued by Batman
Apart from Rugby I'm not that keen on sport so I almost missed this in an online (Yahoo) sport section:
Here's
today's selection of stuff - kicking off with a lawsuit being brought
by none other than the Dark Knight himself (well, sort of).
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Liga giants Valencia getting sued by Batman
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Batman v Valencia
Okay,
so it's not exactly Batman himself who's been on the phone to his
lawyers. And he hasn't even got Alfred to call them on his behalf.
But
Batman creators DC Comics are apparently in a legal dispute with
Valencia about the fact that the club has a bat as part of its logo -
that's according to Spanish news website Plaza Deportiva, which reports in delighted tones that " a powerful new enemy has emerged for Valencia CF".
Considering
that the image of a bat has been commonly used in Spanish heraldry
since the 13th century, and that Valencia have used bats in their club
logos since 1919 (20-odd years before Batman existed), we'd say that
it'll need a lawyer with genuine superpowers if they're to prove their
case.
The 'Arsenale' hat shop in Seville fell foul of the Gunners, depsite being named after an area of medieval Ven …
You see America -DC Comics in particular here, your country has only been around for 300 years (longer if you count ALL European explorers prior to American Independence) but the rest of the world was civilized and using animals in heraldry and much more centuries before Batman. Even Black Tower's Bat character is founded upon medieval heraldry.
If true, then DC needs to get its ***** life in order. Marvel Man (Miracle Man) was created while there was no Marvel -it was Timely Comics. WHY change the characters name -someone could have earned some good cash from a Marvel court case!
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