SUPERMAN CREATOR JERRY SIEGEL POISON-PEN POEMS Memorabilia
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Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Poison-Pen Poem Sent to Shame National Comics Executives
bitter poems sent by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to threaten National Comics executives with cooperation over plagiarism lawsuits
Jerry Siegel Letters
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Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Poison-Pen Poem Sent to Shame National Comics Executives
bitter poems sent by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to threaten National Comics executives with cooperation over plagiarism lawsuits
Jerry Siegel Letters
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Poison-Pen Poem Sent to Shame National Comics Executives
bitter poems sent by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to threaten National Comics executives with cooperation over plagiarism lawsuits
Jerry Siegel Letters
This troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a rare artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as the writer continued his poison-pen campaign to shame the National (later DC) Publications brass who'd bought the rights to Superman for $130 in 1938!
Siegel sent this embittered missive (postmarked Dec. 12, 1951 on the included original envelope) to comics distributor Paul Sampliner, as part of a wider mailing campaign attacking Sampliner and National Comics executives Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz. This particular letter was simply a poem that Siegel had written for the holidays entitled "Because of YOU," dedicated to all three National executives targeted in his mailing campaign "With Apologies to No One." This is a chance to own a long-lost original work by Siegel, which begins: "Because of YOU/There's no food in the house/Because of YOU/Superman/Is a louse..."
Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Poison-Pen Poem Sent to Shame National Comics Executives
bitter poems sent by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to threaten National Comics executives with cooperation over plagiarism lawsuits
Jerry Siegel Letters
This troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a rare artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as the writer continued his poison-pen campaign to shame the National (later DC) Publications brass who'd bought the rights to Superman for $130 in 1938!
Siegel sent this embittered missive (postmarked Dec. 12, 1951 on the included original envelope) to comics distributor Paul Sampliner, as part of a wider mailing campaign attacking Sampliner and National Comics executives Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz. This particular letter was simply a poem that Siegel had written for the holidays entitled "Because of YOU," dedicated to all three National executives targeted in his mailing campaign "With Apologies to No One." This is a chance to own a long-lost original work by Siegel, which begins: "Because of YOU/There's no food in the house/Because of YOU/Superman/Is a louse..."