2012 Comic Book News Archives

October 4, 2012: Joe Shuster's "Nights of Horror"

Joe Shuster Fetish Art Joe Sergi has written an indepth article on how Joe Shuster's foray into the world of bondage comics would end up being blamed for some of the most heinous crimes of the 1950s.

    In 1938, Superman took flight from the drawing board of a teenage boy named Joe Shuster into the pages of Action Comics. However, by 1954 Joe had fallen on hard times: He was no longer drawing Superman; he had lost a lawsuit to get his creation back; and his latest book, Funny Man, was a miserable flop. That is where the story takes a strange turn - one that leads to bondage, censorship, the Boy Hitler of Flatbush Avenue, The Supreme Court, and a German-born psychiatrist named Wertham. What follows is the amazing true story of Joe Shuster's Nights of Horror and the Brooklyn Thrill Killers. Beware: It is not for the faint of heart.

Read the complete article at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website.



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