SUPERMAN CREATOR JERRY SIEGEL FEUD LETTER Memorabilia
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Superman Creator Jerry Siegel Feud Letter - National Comics Strikes Back
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executives
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Superman Creator Jerry Siegel Feud Letter - National Comics Strikes Back
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executives
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Superman Creator Jerry Siegel Feud Letter - National Comics Strikes Back
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executivesThis shocking letter sent to Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a rare artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as an executive blasts back at Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel during the writer's poison-pen campaign to shame the National (later DC) executives who'd bought the rights to Superman for $130 in 1938!
This artifact is believed to be an internal copy of a letter wrtiten to Siegel by National owner Harry Donenfeld. The intimate insults help to date the letter as coming from late 1951. That's when Siegel had been sending letters to associates and neighbors of Donenfeld and his partners in which he blasted them for making millions while Siegel was "destitute." This internal document captures one of the very few times when National blasted back at their former employee's "distorted insinuations."
Donenfeld mocks Siegel as a plagiarist whose second attempt at creating a comic "flopped due to mediocrity and lack of circulation"--and claims that Siegel failed at Fawcett Publications (publishers of Captain Marvel) because his "work could not meet their standards." He adds, "If I had a hungry infant, I wouldn't spend necessary money on postage, stencils and a mimeograph machine."
"The post office could use extra men these days," taunts Donenfeld--who'd still bring the "vicious, hypocritical, greedy" Siegel back into the company in 1959. Siegel's feud with National/DC, however, would continue long after Donenfeld's death in 1965.
Superman Creator Jerry Siegel Feud Letter - National Comics Strikes Back
troubling letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's hate-mail campaign against National (later DC) Comics executivesThis shocking letter sent to Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel is a rare artifact from one of the most vicious feuds in comics history -- as an executive blasts back at Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel during the writer's poison-pen campaign to shame the National (later DC) executives who'd bought the rights to Superman for $130 in 1938!
This artifact is believed to be an internal copy of a letter wrtiten to Siegel by National owner Harry Donenfeld. The intimate insults help to date the letter as coming from late 1951. That's when Siegel had been sending letters to associates and neighbors of Donenfeld and his partners in which he blasted them for making millions while Siegel was "destitute." This internal document captures one of the very few times when National blasted back at their former employee's "distorted insinuations."
Donenfeld mocks Siegel as a plagiarist whose second attempt at creating a comic "flopped due to mediocrity and lack of circulation"--and claims that Siegel failed at Fawcett Publications (publishers of Captain Marvel) because his "work could not meet their standards." He adds, "If I had a hungry infant, I wouldn't spend necessary money on postage, stencils and a mimeograph machine."
"The post office could use extra men these days," taunts Donenfeld--who'd still bring the "vicious, hypocritical, greedy" Siegel back into the company in 1959. Siegel's feud with National/DC, however, would continue long after Donenfeld's death in 1965.