Usually, fan art is tolerated because it will not often present any issues commercially for the underlying copyright owner and makers of content...

As noted, you own the physical copy not the underlying rights in the work. If the work is still covered under copyright, which it might be, then...

In general, you are free to buy an item then lend some artistic contributions to it and resell it. A good example might be taking a generic denim...

The kind of transaction you describe does not sound like a non-compete would be appropriate. That's something you use when say you are buying a...

It is hard to tell from here whether this amounts to actual infringement, but it certainly sounds like it might. I would not put too much faith in...

As noted, it definately can expose you to trademark infringement issues as many film enterprises also protect their brands across many classes of...

There is no legal requirement to give you credit. Whether they breached a duty owed to you depends on the terms you agreed to. If there are no...

Context matters with such issues. Are you doing this in a way that amounts to commentary making this a parody and therefore affording you a fair...

The question is a little confusing. The company can only license what it owns. Presumably, it does not own any rights to Superman so I'm not sure...

Usually, what you describe should be fine. In general, we are free to buy an item then make modifcations to that item and resell it. What you need...