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

[Shapiro, Fred]

The source is the following link from a footnote in the Wikipedia article on "Superman":

Excerpts of Siegel and Keaton's collaboration can be found in Exhibit A (Docket 373–3), Exhibit C (Docket 347–2), Exhibit D (Docket 347–2), and Exhibit E (Docket 347–2) in Laura Siegel Larson v Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., DC Comics, Case no. 13-56243.
(Compilation available at Dropbox<https://www.dropbox.com/s/shz6qthx09t482f/Siegel-Keaton%20collaboration.pdf?dl=0>).


Fred Shapiro

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Subject: Re: Antedating of "Superman" (Comic Book Character)

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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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