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This press release is property of Image comics and was obtained via public domain. The text of the press release is as follows......
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 9, 1996 Contact: Image Comics, Larry Marder (714) 871-8802
FULLERTON, CA -- Given the incredible amount of information that is circulating, Image Comics, Inc. feels compelled to respond to its fans and the comic book industry as a whole regarding the Rob Liefeld situation. In doing so, we intend to deal with the facts as they plainly exist and leave the formal resolution of our dispute with Rob to a court of law.
As everyone probably knows, the other shareholders of Image Comics voted to remove Rob as an Officer and Director of the Company a number of weeks ago. This action, which is clearly authorized by the charter documents of the company, was not taken lightly, but was something that the other shareholders felt had to be done. As many of you may know, minutes before this vote was taken the company received Rob's formal resignation. Each of you can draw your own conclusions from this sequence of events.
Terminating Rob as an Officer and Director of the Company was a difficult action to take. Image Comics felt that it had no other choice however in light of the actions of Rob and his employees over the past several months. During this period, it became obvious that Rob was placing his personal interests and the interests of Maximum Press and Extreme Studios ahead of that of Image Comics. Image Comics was unable to sit by and allow these actions to continue. Image Comics made every reasonable attempt after months and months of effort to convince Rob to stop using his Image Comics position as a platform from which to conduct his non-Image business, but for one reason or another he did not cease his actions. Make no mistake, Rob's own actions led to the decision to terminate him from the company, not a personal vendetta by any other shareholder or employee of Image Comics.
Regarding Rob's suit against Image Comics and its other shareholders, the company can only state that it feels the lawsuit is without merit and that the company and the other shareholders of Image Comics intend to vigorously defend his so-called claims. Moreover, the company intends to file its own
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