Disney and Marvel find themselves the target of a new lawsuit, this time over the armour worn by one of their superheroes, Iron Man.

Ben and Ray Lai, who run Horizon Comics, accused the studios of copying the characters they created for their comic called "Radix", where the characters featured wear "highly detailed, mechanized suits of body armor".

The lawsuit argued that Marvel comics "typically depicted Iron Man wearing simple spandex-like attire and minimal armor", therefore the idea of "a fully mechanized suit of body armour" is not originally its own, and was allegedly ripped of "Radix" after the latter's debut.

Marvel is reportedly ignoring the brothers' cease-and-desist letter, though this isn't the first time for them to issue one. Previously, the Lai brothers claimed that Iron Man's pose on the "Iron Man 3" poster was an exact copy of their "Radix" pose, a claim quickly refuted by superhero fans as it is a clichéd pose often used by countless other superheroes.

(Source: Yahoo)