Three things have happened very recently.

One is that Neil Gaiman's opposition to Todd McFarlane's trademark registration for Miracleman was withdrawn.

Because Todd McFarlane had abandoned his claim on Miracleman.

Word Mark MIRACLEMAN Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: PRINTED MATTER, NAMELY, COMIC BOOKS AND POSTERS(ABANDONED) IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: CLOTHING, NAMELY, SHIRTS, ATHLETIC SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, CAPS AND JACKETS(ABANDONED) IC 028. US 022 023 038 050. G & S: TOYS, NAMELY, ACTION FIGURES AND ACCESSORIES THEREFORE Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING Serial Number 76283194 Filing Date July 11, 2001 Current Basis 1B Original Filing Basis 1B Published for Opposition November 13, 2001 Owner (APPLICANT) Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc. CORPORATION ARIZONA 12240 South Honah Lee Court Phoenix ARIZONA 85044 Attorney of Record Penny R. Slicer Type of Mark TRADEMARK Register PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator DEAD Abandonment Date September 11, 2012

And Marvel Comics lodged a new trademark claim on Miracleman.

Word Mark MIRACLEMAN Goods and Services IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: Comic books; Magazines featuring printed stories in illustrated form and comic book stories and artwork; Posters; Printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork; Trading cards Standard Characters Claimed Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK Serial Number 85720902 Filing Date September 5, 2012 Current Basis 1B Original Filing Basis 1B Owner (APPLICANT) Marvel Characters, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 1600 Rosecrans Avenue Manhattan Beach CALIFORNIA 90266 Attorney of Record Eli Bard Type of Mark TRADEMARK Register PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Marvel Comics paid the late Mick Anglo a million dollars for his rights to Marvelman, but Todd McFarlane's trademark ownership of Miracleman had been a bit of a sticking point.

No longer it seems.

Could this be leading to a final, long awaited, republication amd conclusion of the Alan Moore, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Chuck Austen, Rick Veitch, John Totleben, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham Marvelman/Miracleman run?

I'm still not aware if an agreement has been reached wuth Garry Leach. As artist, designer and co-writer of the Warrior Magazine relaunch of the character that is responsible for this interest in the series, I understand that he was not that happy with earlier approaches that didn't recognise that contribution. And all the artists own the rights to their artwork on the series, so accomodations to need to be sought.

Thanks to Daniel Best for pointing the way.