Author Archives: Bill Jourdain

About Bill Jourdain

Bill is the host of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast. Learn more about Bill in the "About Bill" page to this site.

The First Golden Age Patriotic Superhero!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

Before Captain America made his debut in 1941, M.L.J. Magazines, Inc. introduced the first red, white and blue clad superhero with The Shield in the pages of Pep Comics #1 (January 1940).  The Shield was very popular along with M.L.J.’s … Continue reading →

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More Patriotic Covers from The Golden Age of Comic Books

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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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