In June 2023, Marvel settled with Larry Lieber and the estates of Don Heck, Gene Colan, and Don Rico in a copyright battle. A similar fight with the estate of Steve Ditko continued. This past week, that lawsuit was settled as well.

This past Wednesday, attorneys for Marvel and Ditko’s estate notified the court an “amicable settlement” was reached. A dismissal with prejudice is expected to be filed in the coming weeks.

In 2021 Marvel filed lawsuits as a response to copyright notices which would have reverted characters and more created by those artists and writers back to them or their estates. With Ditko settled, that ends all of them.

Ditko’s estate wanted to reclaim rights from numerous comics like Amazing Fantasy and Strange Tales. They also targeted “any character, story element, or indicia reasonably associated.” That would have included characters like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

The details of the agreement have not been made public.