Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars, first serialized in 1912, is another prominent example.[caption id="attachment_1210491" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A scene from A Message from Mars showing The Messenger demonstrating his power to a human inventor.[/caption]
The Strange Visitor
The 1899 play A Message from Mars by Richard Ganthony is another example of the world's fictional obsession with[...]
By which point, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had taken ownership of the word Dominant ownership After that, Superman belonged to America and the entire world and stood for something very different than what the Nazi propagandists had in mind.It's impossible to overestimate how important that was in the context of the global events of[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Jor-El has come to Earth to take Jonathan Kent away to learn more about his power, his people, and where his life may be headed. Jon wants to go, but Lois and Clark are reluctant to send their son away with someone who might be his grandfather. In the present, Superman fights Rogol […]
The closing price for the 1938 comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, is the third-highest price ever paid for a comic book, behind the $3,207,852 sale of an Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 in 2014, and the $2,161,000 sale of a different copy of Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 (the Nicolas Cage[...]
I've covered the sales of a number of copies of Action Comics #1 since Bleeding Cool launched in 2009, and they are never, ever dull. From the mystery surrounding the Nicolas Cage copy, the drama of the current record-holding CGC 9.0 $3,207,852 copy — complete with the plot-twist of discovering that one collector had acquired […]
Update: The auction for this Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 has resumed today due to a website glitch at auction close. See update for details.Update 2: With the auction now final, the hammer price on the sale of this Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 is $2,052,000. Original post continues below:An Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5[...]
For the most part, I've met some amazing people in the comics world. Almost every person I've met — be them from podcasts, TV, Overstreet, and even here — has been pretty awesome. But once a week or so I'll get an angry email or tweet or whatever message via social media — from a […]
The landmark DC Comics publication collects the Superman stories by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster which first appeared in Action Comics #1-4 with the addition of four new pages The title was originally conceived as a one-shot, and was released in May 1939, but went on to become one of the foundational DC Comics series[...]
Bleeding Cool has received legal documents from the United States Court Of Appeal Ninth Circuit.They show that, yesterday, the courts found against the estate of Jerry Siegel over rights to Superman, and for Warner Bros and DC Comics.Siegel's daughter Laura Siegel Larson, had brought a case against Warners in 2004, three years after making a deal with[...]
A month ago, DC Entertainment changed their Supergirl "created by" credit. From the one on Justice League 3001 #5…. With Supergirl based on characters created by Siegel and Shuster. To this one from Justice League 3001 #6, With Supergirl actually created by Siegel and Shuster rather than Otto Binder and Al Plastino. Well. issue 7 is out today. And… switcheroo. […]
Joe Schuster was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman with writer Jerry Siegel They created a character that would be recognized everywhere but the beginning of that process was not a bed a roses They didn't find a newspaper or publisher who wanted to buy their character right away because America was[...]
The birth of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman in Action Comics #1 laid the foundation for a formula that was emulated often in the Golden Age, and during the many decades that followed.In 1939, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics for National, Captain Marvel debuted in Whiz Comics for Fawcett Publications and Timely unleashed[...]
By Ryan Michael Both of DC's flagship characters were introduced to the public towards the tail end of the Great Depression. Over the decades, both have experienced change, adaptation and evolution. Through it all, they've managed to hold readers attention as the comic book medium itself evolved and expanded into a global marketing phenomenon. The […]
I don’t think there is a question of whether he belongs on the monument but I think some folks may agree begrudgingly.Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster – Together they created the first superhero, the one that created a genre, an icon for Truth, Justice and the American Way It’s hard to argue the importance of[...]
Fine had a unique role in the creation of Superman, he's the one that brought Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster together in the first place.Fine went to school with Shuster in the 30s They worked together on the school paper doing a comic strip called Jerry The Journalist that depicted Fine as a grasshopper[...]
From the independent boom of the 80's to the retro fun of the Silver Age, heck, even going back to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, inventors of Superman and the modern superhero, good comics come from having fun and an earnest desire to entertain.The other approach is simply treading water until market fatigue drowns us[...]
Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Fall 1939 Actually one of two copies of Superman #2 in 9.2, though most would agree that this has notably better eye appeal than the other one Sold at tonight's Comic Connect auction for $94,000.This book is ridiculous.Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Fall 1939 Actually one of two copies of Superman[...]
And finally, (2:25) the guy in the blue suit and glasses is a young Jerry Siegel I got the link to the youtube video from Mark who I believe got it from the great Mark Evanier.[youtube]http://youtu.be/yNaMbFAQF4U[/youtube] If you haven’t seen this then definitely click the link This is the first public appearance of Superman back[...]
The Royal Canadian Mint are minting 50 cent coins, each with a lenticular "tails" side, featuring Superman in 1938 and 2013, the art of Jerry Siegel and Jim Lee respectively, depending which angle you hold the coin Oh and Kryptonian letters that officially read 75 Years Of Superman But get this, because it's Canada, they[...]
Jamie Colville, bless his cotton socks, recorded the audio from nineteen panels from San Diego Comic Con as well as the Eisner Awards. And here they all are. You can see pictures here and here as well. [audio:http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2013-07-18-SD-NewsCoverageSmallPress.mp3] How to Get News Coverage for Small Press Publishers (50:52, 46.5mb) This was moderated by Rik Offenberger […]
