Hilco Global IP Services released additional details about its offering of the Omniverse Collection, created by Stan Lee. The portfolio includes more than 200 characters, story worlds, trademarks and other largely unexploited creative assets. Hilco highlighted three properties: The Femizons, Slam-Girl and The Accuser. Offers are due by noon ET Dec. 8. The firm was engaged by Stan Lee Holdings, Ltd. (SLH) to conduct the sale.
The collection reflects Lee’s effort to reinvent superhero entertainment for the Internet age through original characters, connected digital worlds and audience participation. A buyer could extend Lee’s creative legacy by developing new characters, expanding existing worlds and creating interactive experiences for global audiences.
The Femizons is a female-led franchise introduced by Lee in 1971 and rebooted in 1991. The franchise of heroes and villains includes more than 40 characters and is set in a world where women hold dominant societal power.
Slam-Girl, created by Lee with animation director Will Meugniot in 2000 as the Internet-age superhero, is a reluctant, budding feminist heroine. Shirrel Rhoades, a former Marvel Entertainment executive vice president and Lee confidant advising SLH, called her Lee’s intended next-generation superhero.
The Accuser, also created by Lee in 2000, is a former attorney turned superhero. After an attack that also killed his wife left him paralyzed, a mysterious benefactor gives him a wheelchair that transforms into mechanized armor capable of moving his legs. The collection includes 22 webisodes and a TV script, and a buyer could develop a character with a connection to differently abled people globally.
“The Omniverse Collection constitutes original IP with meaningful creator provenance, substantial creative flexibility, and room for a new owner to define the canon, audience, and commercial strategy,” Eric Hurwitz, senior director of the Hilco Global IP Services practice, said. “This is a compelling value proposition for a studio, publisher, game company, licensing business, entertainment operator, or strategic investor.”
“These are pieces of a living universe in which characters can be created, experienced, and expanded across every form of media,” Rhoades added. “I look forward to seeing how the Collection’s acquirer applies their own vision to achieve, and even surpass, the future that my friend and colleague, Stan Lee, imagined for these creations.”
Parties can contact Hurwitz at ehurwitz@hilcoglobal.com or Stella Silverstein at ssilverstein@hilcoglobal.com to register their interest and access collection documentation in the official data room. More details are forthcoming.
