2008 Merchandise & Miscellaneous News Archives

Action Comics #4

October 9, 2008: Internet Blog Becomes Part of Superman Lawsuit

Comments posted on an internet blog at Newsarama.com have become an integral part of the on-going legal battle over the rights to Superman.

The entry posted in late August 2008 revealed previously unknown artwork and scripts from the 1934 collaboration between Jerry Siegel and Russell Keaton.

    3. On or about September 13, 2008, I read a blog entry on the Internet site "Newsarama." Therein, an individual named Denis Kitchen claimed to possess additional continuities written by Siegel and submitted to Keaton. This blog entry is available at http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/08/20/russell-keaton-supermans-fifth-beatle/#comment-448958.

    4. I thereafter contacted Mr. Kitchen and on September 19, 2008, I obtained a copy from Mr. Kitchen of a Superman continuity/story together with a cover letter from Siegel to Keaton dated November 13, 1934 enclosing (and dating) the story....

    5. The story is the Superman "football story" mentioned in Siegel's 1934 preview of future Superman comics and subsequently published by Detective Comics in Action Comics No. 4.

A report on this latest debate is explained quite well at another Newsarama article.

Thanks to Jared Bond for bringing this to our attention.



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