Marvel Worldwide, Inc. et al v. Kirby et al

Filing 114

DECLARATION of Marc Toberoff (Reply) in Support re: 73 MOTION for Summary Judgment.. Document filed by Barbara J. Kirby, Lisa R. Kirby, Neal L. Kirby, Susan N. Kirby. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6)(Toberoff, Marc)

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Romita - Confidential '58 when things started to wind down at Marvel, then you went to DC in 1958. 1963 -A. Q. '64. '65. Between 1958 and

Between 1958 and the time in mid '65

when you went back to Marvel, did you do any work for Marvel? A. No. I wouldn't even answer the

phone for the first couple of years. Q. A. to him. What does that mean? Well, at first I didn't want to talk I was mad at him. Secondly, when I

did answer the phone, I would ask him how much are you -- I was getting $44 a page to do love stories and I asked Stan -- he would call up and say "come back to Marvel," and I would say, "how much are you paying a page? "$25 a page." to raise. it. He said,

I said, "Stan, I have got a kid

I'm not gonna do it," and that was

I had two kids at the time. Q. So during that period you didn't do

any work with Marvel? A. Q. No, absolutely. Just to be clear, when you said
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Romita - Confidential "absolutely," "absolutely I did not"? A. Q. Not during that period. Did you work with Jack Kirby between

1958 and 1963? A. Q. No. And, again, when was the first time

you met Jack Kirby? A. In '65. Sometime between July and

January he was in the office and I was introduced to him. Q. A. art. Q. Do you know what Jack Kirby was paid That was the story you recounted -Where he was correcting someone's

per page during the years between 1958 and 1963? A. Q. I wouldn't have the slightest clue. Did you ever ask Jack Kirby what his

business relationship was with Marvel during those years? A. No. We never asked questions like

that of each other. Q. I'd like you to turn to -- back to

Exhibit 6, which is the big one.
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