I found this digging through the files: National Periodical Publications publisher Jack Liebowitz’s file copies of correspondence dated September 5, 1940 to Jerry Siegel from E. Stoup in NPP’s Editorial Department, outlining the changes NPP was requesting be made to the syndicated Superman newspaper strips then in progress.… Read the rest
Continue reading about Superman Saturday (Or Sunday): Flashback 1940
I love the way the history of the comics industry is “debated” on the internet.
Proclamations are made. Decisions about who created what are boldly and confidently made. Judgments about individuals involved in said creations are passed.
“Great Artist is a god!”… Read the rest
Continue reading about Stan and Jack and Steve and Mort and Jerry and Joe
In 1964, Bob Dylan wrote, “The times, they are a’changin’.”
But forty-eight years ago, when I first read “When Lois First Suspected Clark Was Superman,” written by Jerry Siegel, with art by Al Plastino, in Superman Annual #8 (Winter 1963/1964), the times hadn’t changed yet.… Read the rest
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