Monthly Archives: June 2011

More Patriotic Covers from The Golden Age of Comic Books

Independance Day is almost upon us and partiotic images are hard to miss.  During the war years, no Golden Age superhero evoked patriotic feelings more than Captain America, although on the Fourth of July many heroes jumped on this bandwagon with great … Continue reading

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Litigation, Golden Age Style – Part 3

In my last post, I restated Judge Larson’s 2007 factual findings regarding the claim by the Siegel family to the Superboy copyright.  At the same time, the family was also battling DC over the Superman copyright, and the contention that the 1976 … Continue reading

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Litigation, Golden Age Style – Part 2

In part 1 of this series I discussed DC’s efforts to protect its Superman copyright by initiating litigation.  In 1948, DC found itself on the receiving end of court proceedings by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster over the creation and … Continue reading

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Litigation, Golden Age Style – Part 1

Except for us lawyers, most people find reading cases tedious at best.  There’s no doubt that a fifty page opinion about copyright and contract  law would cure the most severe case of insomnia.  Nevertheless, those of us in the profession … Continue reading

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Legends of the Batman

The other day I came across a cool new podcast, “Legends of the Batman”.  This show should make any fan of the Golden Age Batman smile from ear to ear.  Michael Bradley and Michael Kaiser are starting from the beginning … Continue reading

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