then again playing a bit of Devil's Advocate, considering buck has printed & sold copies My Uzi Weighs a Ton w/o permission for character use he probably can't go barking at 'em too bad.

Still it was a situation where Marvel could have easily given the nod to him, that kind of thing (the parody or bootleg artist getting the official nod) has happened occasionally over the past few years and even occurs somewhat regularly in the Japanese comics industry, if i understand correctly.