It seems Erik Larsen, who recently used a lot of Golden Age Public Domain Superheroes in a Savage Dragon storyline, is planning to keep a few around.

As he recently stated in an interview, he plans to use the Golden Age Daredevil to be a regular in the Savage Dragon series.

I heard others in the Dynamite boards complaining, and that Erik is just ripping off the hype by Alex Ross and what Dynamite is doing.

I disagree and think it’s good for Erik, who has just as much right to any of these Golden Age heroes, as we the fans do, as well as other publishers.

Dynamite and Alex Ross DO NOT own these characters. And they sure as heck never created these characters either.

Erik plans to call him Daredevil in the book, and plays up that name saying, just like DC Captain Marvel is called that in the book, but is called Shazam in a published title, he can use it.

I hear what he’s saying, and I suppose it can be done. But in today’s outside media and the material that spins out of comics, I would change the name. Just to avoid any possible legal hassle down the line. And cause we’re not big time publishers who can afford any possible lawsuits.

But an interesting thing of note is I heard a rumor that AC Comics was planning to sue Dynamite, saying they own the rights to the visuals. For example Daredevil and how Dynamite has the same look, as theirs.

I’ve heard no further news on the case, and since Erik is using the same exact version as Dynamite. I guess their is no legal trouble, and anyone can in fact use the original visual and costume of these Public Domain Superheroes.

As it is, my plan is what Erik has done.

That is to use my own original creations in a series. Then to pepper in a few Golden Age heroes. And one of them is Daredevil because the visual is so cool, and I like his powers and reminds me of a Batman type of character.

Also Black Terror and Green Lama are on the list and a reworked Blue Beetle.