O’Melveny & Myers filed a complaint for declaratory judgment Friday in California Central District Court on behalf of Marvel Characters Inc. over copyright claims. The suit targets the heirs of a Marvel comic writer, Michele Hart-Rico and Buz Donato F. Rico III, who claim they are entitled to certain rights of their late father’s contributions to Marvel’s ‘Tales of Suspense’ comic. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 2:21-cv-07624, Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Hart-Rico et al.