Board Thread:DC's Legends of Tomorrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20171115022502/@comment-27700324-20171119020158

SeanWheeler wrote: Yeah, I know Marvel's problem is the rights issue. And the rights go by relation to a character. But one thing I couldn't understand is how can Disney and Fox share Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch? Their mutant status, Magneto being their father, and their introduction in the fourth issue of X-Men as members of the Brotherhood of Mutants, plus Scarlet Witch being the one who wiped out the Mutant race on M-Day should lean them more towards the X-Men series. Them being Avengers? Most of Marvel's most popular heroes have been Avengers in the comics and the MCU had to wait for their rights at other studios to expire to use them. They couldn't use Spider-Man until Sony made a deal with them. He was a major member of the Avengers. Daredevil was an Avenger, but they had to wait for Fox's rights to him expire. Each member of the Fantastic Four have been Avengers at some point. Deadpool is an Avenger. Storm and Beast have been Avengers. Not only has Wolverine been a major Avenger, he first appeared in a Hulk comic and fought alongside Captain America in World War II. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch should be exclusively Fox characters. If Wolverine is Fox-only, they should be too. They are members of the Avengers as well. So Marvel made a deal with them as long as they don't mention anything related to mutants, Magneto, X-men etc.

The DC deal is that every character is not allowed when DC says so. (The Flash is excluded from this deal) Basically if they feel the TV shows are using a character that they are using, they can cut them out. Gotham has made a deal for all of Batman's characters, but didn't succeed in getting the rights to show the Bat-symbol or the iconic cowl. So the DCEU cannot touch them.