Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

by Reed Tucker

Until at least 2006 DC’s official position was that Wonder Woman was a virgin, according to copublisher Dan DiDio.

“Stan’s attitude was, you have three responsibilities,” Marvel writer Chris Claremont says. “Get the book in on time, write good stories, don’t be a pain in the ass. You can choose two, but he’d prefer all three.

“These companies won’t do anything until you stick a knife in their side and make them bleed,” says Neal Adams, who’s been on the front lines of the creator-rights fight since the 1960s.