Because I'm petty, I'm going to gather you all around and tell you about that time JK Rowling was extremely wrong about something and, by being wrong about it, poisoned Google search results for it for years afterwards and generally made the world ignorant about it
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Anyway "similar character design" has always been one of the hardest things to sue over (how many superheroes are there who basically look just like Superman or Batman?) Jill Murphy would have a much stronger case with JKR very clearly lifting whole plot arcs and setting details
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But she was entering old age and didn't really seem to have the taste for fighting, she limited herself to a few cutting snarky remarks
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Even before it was popular, though. It was so obvious. Although I know all too well how hard it is to win suits like that. Justice for all ... who can afford it.
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iirc Gaiman's stance on this has always been "no, we were inspired by similar things". Plus he doesn't own Tim Hunter. DC Comics does.
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