On this 2011 Veteran’s Day, please join the Golden Age of Comic Books in honoring those who have given so much to ensure our freedom. Here are a couple of classic Golden Age covers honoring our WWII forces. The first is from Superman #12 (September-October, 1941) One of my favorites is this great cover from Captain [...]
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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 Copyright Act allowed them to reclaim certain aspects of this very valuable intellectual property. The [...]
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 copyright of Superman and Superboy. While the courts at that time sided with DC over [...]
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 enjoy a well reasoned opinion, especially when it touches upon some issue that is near [...]
My Golden Age – The Superman Motion Picture Anthology
When I was in high school and already well on the way to becoming a certified comic book geek, I remember how excited I was to learn of a new motion picture that would make us all believe a man could fly. While Superman had been featured on television and movies in the 1950′s, nothing [...]