By: E&P Staff Captain Victory is facing an identity crisis in the six-week-old "Ink Pen" comic.
It seems that the cartoon superhero has the same name as a character created in the 1980s by Marvel Comics legend Jack Kirby. The late Kirby's daughter, Lisa, brought this to the attention of "Ink Pen" creator Phil Dunlap via an e-mail.
"While I didn't know about Jack Kirby's Captain Victory character, I am a huge fan of his work, so the idea that I could have at all insulted his memory made me feel terrible," said Dunlap, as quoted on Universal Press Syndicate's Web site. "Lisa was very understanding, but we realized of course the right thing to do was to change the name."
Dunlap, in consultation with Universal editors, decided to work out the name change in the strip to avoid confusing readers. Captain Victory learned Monday that there was already someone with his moniker, and the dilemma is being addressed throughout the week until a new name gets announced this Saturday.
"Ink Pen" (E&P Online, Nov. 7) centers around an unemployment agency for out-of-work cartoon characters. The agency is run by Bixby the rat and Fritz the dog.
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