Comic fandom stirs itself into self contained little shit storms anyway so it'd be easy to miss. Miracleman is my favorite such controversy since it took about twenty years to resolve and is impossible to explain without a working knowledge of the players. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelman Even the difference in the name I used and the Wiki article is a drawn out explanation. A guy who became a seminal writer wrote a seminal story using characters with murky ownership. Another guy of dubious morals tried to buy the company that published the American version to use the character as he saw fit. Neil Gaiman says, "STFU," to that guy and raises a bunch of money to resolve the issue and finish the story he started after the Original Creator appointed him to continue the story. Niche subjects get really weird drama.
Oh man, do they ever. I can relate.Niche subjects get really weird drama.