Golden Age Sandman Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

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Golden Age Sandman Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)
By Gardner Fox

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The first batch of the Sandman's adventures are chronicled in this volume reprinting stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #40-57, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939, and NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940 (circa 1940-41). Plus, an intro by Jim Amash, co-editor of Alter Ego.

• Rank: #983923 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-19
• Released on: 2005-01-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.63" h x .75" w x 6.91" l, 1.60 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Batman Chronicles, Vol. 5 (Paperback)

Batman Chronicles, Vol. 5 (Paperback)
By Jack Schiff

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The graphic novel series collecting every Batman adventure ever published in chronological order continues with this fifth volume.These stories, from the pages of DETECTIVE COMICS, BATMAN and WORLDS FINEST COMICS, were originally published in the early 1940s and feature some of Batmans greatest foes. In these tales, the Dynamic Duo faces the threats of The Joker and Professor Radium, and witnesses the debuts of The Penguin and Two-Face.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #119575 in Books
• Brand: DC Comics
• Published on: 2008-04-29
• Released on: 2008-04-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .49" h x 6.62" w x 10.14" l, .61 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman (Paperback)

Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman (Paperback)
By Thomas Andrae

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Here is a kaleidoscopic analysis of Jewish humor as seen through Funnyman, a  little-known super-heroic invention by the creators of Superman. Included are complete comic-book stories and daily and Sunday newspaper panels from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s creative fiasco.

Siegel and Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland, sold the rights to their amazing and astonishingly lucrative comic book superhero to Detective Comics for $130 in 1938. Not only did they lose the ownership of the Superman character, they also agreed to write and illustrate it for ten years at ten dollars per page. Their contract with the DC publishers was soon heralded as the most foolish agreement in the history of American popular culture.

After toiling on workman’s wages for a decade, Siegel and Shuster struggled to come up with a new superhero, one that would right their wrongs and prove that justice, fair-play, and zany craftsmanship was the true American way and would lead to ultimate victory. But when the naïve duo launched their new comic character Funnyman in 1947, it failed miserably. All the turmoil and personal disasters in Siegel and Shuster’s postwar life percolated into the comic strip.

This book tells the back story of the unsuccessful strip and Siegel and Shuster’s ambition to have their funny Jewish superhero trump Superman.

Mel Gordon is the author of Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

Thomas Andrae is the author of Batman and Me.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1122281 in Books
• Published on: 2010-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .49" h x 7.22" w x 9.70" l, 1.29 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages