Thread:Shadzane/@comment-1038387-20150718161111/@comment-918732-20150719075752

I have been writing something that was turning out to be way too long. So here's a shorter version:

1. DC bought everything Quality owned in 1956.

2. But then things started to slip away. Copyrights expired when DC did not renew them after 28 years. Trademarks expired when DC didn't use them. Today, DC really owns very little of Quality.

3. But DC still acts like they own all of Quality, and feels free to revive old Quality characters whenever they want. They introduced the DC version of Madame Fatal in 2012! They can do this because the other comics companies recognize that DC is interested in the Quality characters, and have left the characters alone. No use provoking DC.

So it is correct on one hand to say that DC does not own Jonesy -- no one owns Jonesy. The copyrights lapsed in 1982, and the trademarks expired long before that. But on the other hand, no other comic book company is going to be taking over Jonesy. If Jonesy is ever revived, it will probably be by DC.