Since the dawn of the pulp hero in the 1930s, publishers and authors have fought over the privilege of making money off of comics, and the authors and artists usually have lost. Vaz reveals just how precarious life was for the legends of the industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster--and their heirs--spent 70 years battling lawyers to regain rights to Superman. Superman.
Since the dawn of the pulp hero in the 1930s, publishers and authors have fought over the privilege of making money off of comics, and the authors and artists usually have lost. Vaz reveals just how precarious life was for the legends of the industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster--and their heirs--spent 70 years battling lawyers to regain rights to Superman. Superman.
Mark Cotta Vaz is a New York Times best-selling author. His dozens of books include Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong; The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting, coauthored with Craig Barron; and, most recently, Pan Am at War: How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II, coauthored with John H. Hill.
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Introduction: Comic Book Babylon Chapter 1: In the Beginning Chapter 2: World of Tomorrow Chapter 3: More Super Than Tarzan Chapter 4: Shadow Realm Chapter 5: Superman versus Wonder Man Chapter 6: The First Generation Chapter 7: Superman, Inc. Chapter 8: Patents and Patriots Chapter 9: Up, Up And Awa-a-y! Chapter 10: Battle of the Century Chapter 11: The Adventures of Superboy Chapter 12: The Trial Chapter 13: Progenitors Chapter 14: Judgment Day Chapter 15: Crackdown and Crash Chapter 16: Resurrection and Renewal Chapter 17: Copyright Wars Chapter 18: Masters of Invention Chapter 19: Evolutionary Imperative Chapter 20: Superman and Captain America on Trial Chapter 21: The King and the Man Chapter 22: Legacy Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction: Comic Book Babylon Chapter 1: In the Beginning Chapter 2: World of Tomorrow Chapter 3: More Super Than Tarzan Chapter 4: Shadow Realm Chapter 5: Superman versus Wonder Man Chapter 6: The First Generation Chapter 7: Superman, Inc. Chapter 8: Patents and Patriots Chapter 9: Up, Up And Awa-a-y! Chapter 10: Battle of the Century Chapter 11: The Adventures of Superboy Chapter 12: The Trial Chapter 13: Progenitors Chapter 14: Judgment Day Chapter 15: Crackdown and Crash Chapter 16: Resurrection and Renewal Chapter 17: Copyright Wars Chapter 18: Masters of Invention Chapter 19: Evolutionary Imperative Chapter 20: Superman and Captain America on Trial Chapter 21: The King and the Man Chapter 22: Legacy Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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