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For Marvel Studios, handling gamma rays is starting to look like a cakewalk compared to turning “The Incredible Hulk” into a movie franchise.
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A judge ruled that the heirs of the co-creator of Superman were entitled to reclaim their share of the U.S. copyright, 70 years after their ancestor sold rights to the character for $130.
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