$130: The Ongoing Saga of Jerry Siegel and Superman

The sale of the rights to Superman by Siegel and Shuster to National Periodicals has been likened to the sale of Manhattan Island from the Native Americans. The purchase price of $130, as well as follow up questions about page rates, work for hire vs perpetual ownership and percentages of merchandise and licensing was a …

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“Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster” by Brad Ricca- A Review

The story of how Superman as a book came to be has been well told many times over.  We all know that he was the product of two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland working hard during the Great Depression.  We know that the character was drawn from various sources of pulp magazines and science fiction stories …

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