Editing Lost in Space (section)

===Legal issues===
In 1962, Gold Key comics, a division of [[Western Publishing Company]], began publishing a series of comic books under the title ''[[Space Family Robinson]]''. The story was largely inspired by ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' but with a space-age twist. The film and television rights to the comic book were then purchased by noted television writer Hilda Bohem (''[[The Cisco Kid (TV series)|The Cisco Kid]]''), who created a treatment under the title ''Space Family 3000''.

Intended as a follow-up to his first successful television venture, ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', Allen quickly sold his concept for a television series to CBS. Concerned about confusion with the Gold Key comic book, CBS requested that Allen come up with a new title. Nevertheless, Hilda Bohem filed a claim against Allen and CBS Television shortly before the series premiered in 1965.<ref name="PM">{{cite web|last=Maçek III|first=J. C.|date=June 4, 2014|title=The Lost In Space Family Robinson|url=https://www.popmatters.com/172206-the-lost-in-space-family-robinson-2495751035.html|access-date=April 3, 2020|publisher=PopMatters}}</ref>

An agreement was reached with Gold Key which allowed them to subtitle their comic "Lost in Space".

Additional legal challenges appeared in 1995, when Prelude Pictures announced its intention to turn ''Lost in Space'' into a motion picture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/b153239.pdf|title=IB Melchior v. New Line Productions|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050504051301/http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/b153239.pdf|archive-date=May 4, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/minutes/documents/SNOV1704.DOC|title=SUPREME COURT MINUTES - NOVEMBER 17, 2004|publisher=California Courts – Home|access-date=February 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617121006/http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/minutes/documents/SNOV1704.DOC|archive-date=June 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>