It's a well-known story at this point, but just to recap the basics: in 1938, after years of attempting to sell the strip that they'd come up with to any prospective buyer, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster agreed to sign away all of the rights to their four-color wunderkind Superman for the sum … Continue reading The Last Jerry Siegel-Written Golden Age Superman Story
The last book that I picked up on that bike visit to Ed's Coins & Stamps in the Sun-Vet Mall was this issue of DC SPECIAL, a reprint title. And I would guess that the reason why I purchased this issue was that it was cheap. For all that i was flush with cash after … Continue reading BHOC: DC SPECIAL #14
Now here is an interesting oddity that we'll talk about a little bit. During World War II, starting in late 1944 and running into 1945, DC/National Comics signed a deal with the United States Navy to provide them with Special Editions of a number of upcoming publications, to be used in the training of sailors … Continue reading ACTION COMICS #80 – U.S. Navy Edition
