Yes, I cut up some of my comic books in the late-1960s. Get over it!
Books and histories about comics were virtually nonexistent. Reprints, especially from the Golden Age, were few and far between. And the big “and”… and, there was no internet!… Read the rest
First of all, I didn’t know it was any age of comic books at the time. I was a reader making the transformation to fan; readers read comics, maybe saved them, but didn’t collect and wasn’t aware of their history.… Read the rest
Once upon a time, the mighty Warner Entertainment was known as Warner Bros. and it wasn’t so mighty. In fact, in 1968, it was sold to Steve Ross’s Kinney National Company, a small conglomerate consisting of a Hollywood talent agency, parking lots, cleaning companies, and funeral homes for $64 million.… Read the rest
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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
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