JERRY SIEGEL THREAT LETTER Memorabilia
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Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Signed Handwritten Rage Letter to Comics Executive
threat letter in which Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel details his life of poverty while threatening National executives
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Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Signed Handwritten Rage Letter to Comics Executive
threat letter in which Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel details his life of poverty while threatening National executives
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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 Signed Handwritten Rage Letter to Comics Executive
threat letter in which Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel details his life of poverty while threatening National executivesThis signed handwritten letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a disturbing artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as Siegel scrawled out an angry Father's Day message to one of the comics executives that he'd already blamed for leaving him "destitute."
This lost letter (dated June 21, 1953) was sent to National Comics executive Harry Donenfeld-- who'd Siegel had blasted publicly for "illegal, unjust acts" after paying him and artist Joe Shuster $130 for the rights to Superman in 1938. Siegel had earlier attempted to reconcile with Donenfeld in a pleading letter after his poison-pen campaign in 1951.
National had declined to renegotiate with Siegel, however -- leading to the embittered ex-Superman scripter sending this harrowing holiday message just 18 months later. (Even more disturbingly, Donenfeld wouldn't be the only National executive to receive the same handwritten hate mail.) It would be six more years before Siegel could return to the superhero empire that he had launched with Action Comics #1.
Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel Signed Handwritten Rage Letter to Comics Executive
threat letter in which Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel details his life of poverty while threatening National executivesThis signed handwritten letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a disturbing artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as Siegel scrawled out an angry Father's Day message to one of the comics executives that he'd already blamed for leaving him "destitute."
This lost letter (dated June 21, 1953) was sent to National Comics executive Harry Donenfeld-- who'd Siegel had blasted publicly for "illegal, unjust acts" after paying him and artist Joe Shuster $130 for the rights to Superman in 1938. Siegel had earlier attempted to reconcile with Donenfeld in a pleading letter after his poison-pen campaign in 1951.
National had declined to renegotiate with Siegel, however -- leading to the embittered ex-Superman scripter sending this harrowing holiday message just 18 months later. (Even more disturbingly, Donenfeld wouldn't be the only National executive to receive the same handwritten hate mail.) It would be six more years before Siegel could return to the superhero empire that he had launched with Action Comics #1.