2009/1/19 James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com:
Oh, we always have a choice. In this case, one available choice is "do nothing and see if they send us a C&D".
We could do that in a lot of cases. Rather runs into the problem that wikipedia is meant to be free content though.
Another would be to contact them and ask "is it OK for us to do this?".
The answer will be no because getting a yes would likely involve them in a lot of paperwork. We are talking comic books here. While their history in the field of IP may be an interesting read and quite funny in some respects that doesn't mean that you could prize it off them without a very large crowbar.