Edit, Blue Beetle movie is DC comics.
Really though, if you research deep into these topics you'll find out that some artists like Frank Frazetta I believe wrote for Golden Age era comic books which are now public domain.
Then later wrote for place like Marvel I think in the modern era, Stan Lee himself and other artists in their bio's say they started around the end of what is public domain today in the golden age of comics.
Then Marvel was a newer business that kept some artists and staff from old companies, so to my knowledge yes their is public domain art by artists that appeared on Marvel etc.
My point is that Marvel / DC Comics are newer than golden age comics that are public domain anyway.
So if you start editing public domain comics, Marvel just launched a new version of The Blue Beetle, you'll see that many titles do have modern connections to today's comic's...like with the art department etc.
Then by the time right now you launch a new series of the public domain original Blue Beetle like Marvel by the time you get that going and print and establish the merchandise and sequels that's when Superman and Batman are becoming public domain and catching up.
Like, writing scripts today for comics and bringing back old public domain characters is a good idea for business because later they can use this work to help develop their own versions of Superman and Batman after 2037.
For a company like Disney / Marvel doing some new versions of old characters like Blue Beetle will be good practice to establish the name of the brand, public domain new versions, for the Superman and Batman launch after 2037 when those comics are public domain.
Also right now many title like original Star Trek novelizations, James Bond, Lord Of The Rings / Hobbit and many others are in the same scenario.
So I expect companies to be cashing in on this to be launching now like with Marvel and the Blue Beetle movie for when all this "related content" becomes available like when a new trend starts of re-starting old characters from the Superman / Batman launch by 2037 when they become public domain.
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