Who Owns Ralph Snart?

Ralph Snart is owned by Marc Hansen, who created the character and self-published him through Now Comics starting in 1986. Hansen retained the rights to Ralph Snart throughout the character's run, which is one of the reasons Ralph Snart stands out as a creator-owned success story from the indie comics boom of the late '80s. Ralph Snart Adventures #1 (1986) marks the character's debut, and Hansen's creative control over the gleefully unhinged antihero was a point of pride in the independent comics scene.