SUPERMAN CREATOR JERRY SIEGEL FEUD LETTER Memorabilia
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COMMENTS: Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel 'Destitute' Poison-Pen Letter
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executives
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troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executives
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Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel 'Destitute' Poison-Pen Letter
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executivesThis troubling signed 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 and partner Joe Shuster had managed a few lucrative settlements with National Publications (later DC) over the years. This letter, however, is part of a 1951 mailing campaign where Siegel attempts to shame the National executives by sending letters to their friends and neighbors describing himself as "destitute" because of "selfish, greedy men."
"Remember me?" Siegel begins. "I'm Jerry Siegel, who had fame and a good income until Superman's publishers, National Comics Publications, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave., N.Y., N.Y., took it away from me." Then, as usual with Siegel's "shame" letters, he asks the recipient to "think of me, his destitute creator," at the sight of any Superman product. This letter, however, appears to be yet another Siegel artifact that was preserved when the recipient sent the letter along to one of the “selfish, greedy men” who Siegel blamed for ruining his life.
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executivesThis troubling signed 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 and partner Joe Shuster had managed a few lucrative settlements with National Publications (later DC) over the years. This letter, however, is part of a 1951 mailing campaign where Siegel attempts to shame the National executives by sending letters to their friends and neighbors describing himself as "destitute" because of "selfish, greedy men."
"Remember me?" Siegel begins. "I'm Jerry Siegel, who had fame and a good income until Superman's publishers, National Comics Publications, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave., N.Y., N.Y., took it away from me." Then, as usual with Siegel's "shame" letters, he asks the recipient to "think of me, his destitute creator," at the sight of any Superman product. This letter, however, appears to be yet another Siegel artifact that was preserved when the recipient sent the letter along to one of the “selfish, greedy men” who Siegel blamed for ruining his life.