Did they pay Marvel?

Rating: 7/10 (21 March 2005)

Being someone who seldom watches animated movies, I can honestly say I really enjoyed The Incredibles. The animation is well, incredible, and the story moves along at a fast enough pace. My only question, and it may or may not have been addressed before, is: Did Pixar payoff Stan Lee and Marvel for the use of their intellectual property? The characters are a complete ripoff of the Fantastic Four. It's not even funny. Throw in an Iceman ripoff and you've got a real question about the originality of this movie. Certainly Marvel had something to say about this, seeing as their Fantastic Four movie is coming out in the summer??