Editing Spawn (character) (section)

===Tony Twist lawsuit===
[[Todd McFarlane]] created a mob enforcer character named "Antonio 'Tony Twist' Twistelli", who McFarlane acknowledged was named after hockey player [[Tony Twist]]. Twist won a $15 million verdict in 2004 when a jury found Todd McFarlane Productions had profited from Twist's likeness.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/todd-mcfarlane-productions-files-for-bankruptcy-1.513940| title = Todd McFarlane Productions files for bankruptcy| access-date = July 13, 2007| author = CBC Arts| author-link = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation| date = December 20, 2004| publisher = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]| archive-date = June 22, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080622191456/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/12/20/todd041219.html| url-status = live}}</ref> The verdict was upheld after two appeals in June 2006, but the two later settled out of court for $5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/06/19/daily18.html |title=Appeals court upholds $15M verdict for Twist |website=Stlouis.bizjournals.com |access-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810002935/https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/06/19/daily18.html |url-status=live }}</ref>