The Mystery Tales 40 Lost Hidden Land Blog

Several Lost fans in Spain have purchased a copy of Mystery Tales 40 in an eBay auction and are placing a scan of the story on a dedicated blog. Below, the fans receiving their prize from FedEx this morning:

In related news, Lost fans have been asking Marvel to reprint the story, which leads me to wonder if the company couldn't have drawn people to its own digital comics initiative by placing its own scan online.

As for copyright--assuming it hasn't lapsed--pursuant to the Berne Convention Marvel could seek to enforce its copyright in Spain, although as a practical matter the question arises as to whether Marvel would want to try and how much the foreign fans would push back. They could make a fair use argument, but Marvel could object that they're going beyond the bounds of fair use by copying the entire work.

Meanwhile, I'm sure there's a key-to-figuring-out-Lost exemption somewhere in copyright law, or at least there will be at some point in the future or was in the past.