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A Golden Age Veteran’s Day Salute!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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 … 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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My Golden Age – The Superman Motion Picture Anthology

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Bill Jourdain

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 … Continue reading →

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