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September 15, 2010: Superheroes in Court at Yale Show

Action Comics #359 The New York Times reports on a new exhibition at Yale University, in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's rare book exhibition gallery, which focuses on Superheroes in court.

    The case of "The People vs. Superman" is not found in the hornbooks that are scoured by the nation's law students. But if they had been youngsters in 1967, when Action Comics No. 359 first came out, they might have been amazed to see the Man of Steel in an unusual situation. Instead of zooming through the sky or confronting talkative archvillains, he is in a courtroom, sitting in the witness chair. A little girl is standing in front of the Man of Steel, pointing at him.

    "That's him!" she shouts. "He's the man who killed my Daddy!"

    If you missed that scene - or the one of the Hulk smashing up a courtroom just before sentencing in "The Incredible Hulk vs. Everybody" from 1972 - you can see them at Yale University, in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's rare book exhibition gallery.

    The show, provides images of superheroes in the dock, comic books about lawyers and examples of legal disputes and Congressional inquiries involving caped crusaders.

You can read the full report at the NY Times website.

The show runs through Dec. 16 at the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, New Haven.

Thanks to Patrick James Asselin for the lead on this story.



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