However, since 2019, some of those existing copyrights have been expiring, meaning that those characters entered the public domain ... superheroes and literary heroes. Most notably, Disney's ...

Tintin, the seminal hero of the pulp genre of boy adventurers, enters the United States public domain in 2025 ... his trademark spinach-powered super strength, and Olive Oyl wouldn’t break ...

It's a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According ...

Who knew "Superhero" was a term only Marvel and DC could use? As of 2025, that will no longer be the case, thanks to the ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and ...