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title: "‘Dead Rabbit’ Comic Recalled After $2 Million Lawsuit From New York Pub"
date: 2018-11-20 14:43:00 -06:00
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Image Comics published two issues of Gerry Duggan and John McCrea's Dead Rabbit comic. The New York bar Dead Rabbit has filed a trademark lawsuit against Image Comics and Forbidden Planet for $2 million.
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title: "‘Dead Rabbit’ Comic Recalled After $2 Million Lawsuit From New York Pub"
date: 2018-11-20 17:43:00 -06:00
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[Tim Midura writing for *The Outhouse*](http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/141567-image-comics-and-forbidden-planet-sued-by-new-york-bar-dead-rabbit-for-2-million-over-trademark.html):

> The New York bar **Dead Rabbit** has filed a trademark lawsuit against **Image Comics** and **Forbidden Planet** for $2 million. In September, a trademark registration by DRT (Dead Rabbit) for Dead Rabbit to cover "Comic books; Fiction books on a variety of topics; Non-fiction books on a variety of topics; Recipe books," was approved by the US government.

Well this is a fascinating development. <mark>It seems those <em>Dead Rabbit</em> comics I have in my box just went up in value.</mark> I'd be really surprised if either of these companies end up having to pay $2 million. That price feel exorbitantly high for a basically unknown series. Unfortunately it's probably a sorry attempt at a cash grab.

What'll happen to this book though? I wouldn't qualify it as a must-read, but I did like where it was going. And I feel like it has potential to be great. Let's hope they can settle all of this by apologizing and renaming the title.

Update to dead rabbit story
Update to dead rabbit story
