[Ads-l] Antedating of "Superman" (Comic Book Character)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

What's the source of this letter? That is, has it been published somewhere? Or is it held in an archive?

Jesse Sheidlower

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:47:04PM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> superman (OED, 2., 1938)
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> 1934 Jerome Siegel  Letter to Russell Keaton  12 June
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> You will find enclosed the first week's script for the cartoon strip, SUPERMAN.
> 
> 
> Fred Shapiro
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> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

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