On April 8, 2008, Frank Miller, Inc. filed to protect the trademark Empire City in relation to a “series of comic books, over sized comic books and graphic novels, coloring books, fiction and nonfiction magazines and books in the field of leisure and entertainment”.
Frank Miller is an American comic book writer and artist most known for his work on the Batman and Daredevil series, as well as on his original stories 300 and Sin City.
Empire City is a fictional setting, a city in the DC Comics universe. It is best known as the home of the Golden Age Manhunter, Paul Kirk (Wikipedia). Whether Miller’s work will be based on this location, or a reinvention of it, remains to be seen.
Frank Miller Inc. has also filed for the trademark Genetic Mutilation in relation to a series of comics and graphic novels. Since the Paul Kirk character mentioned above was the genetic source for a collection of clones, developed by a secret society called the Council to rule the world, it appears the two names and trademark filings could be related.
Source: Trademork.com
