That took a lot of guts, but from a consumer standpoint, the jokes weren’t very funny and its possible that losing Superman wrecked these guys and they didn’t have enough inspiration in them to make this work. Their prankster Superboy idea was shot down in 1942, so they came out of their safe zone and tried something alternative. From a historical standpoint, Vin Sullivan should get an applause for giving Jerry and Joe a chance with something new and different. The comic line was produced at Magazine Enterprises by Vin Sullivan, former cover artist at National Allied Publications in the 1930s. They made a final collaboration, Funny Man 1948 which failed miserably, but they did make sure to secure this copyright however. What did they do next? What comics were they involved in moving forward? That begins this episode of what they did after Superman. When that 10 year contract was coming to a close, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster hired an attorney Albert Zugsmith for the rights to Superman who invariably set forth a chain of events which caused the two co-creators to lose all rights to the character.

They signed a 10 year contract with National Publications’ Harry Donnenfeld and his right hand man who eventually took over, Jack Liebowitz. and more.Īs mentioned in the MacFadden Houdini episode, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman in the 1930s, and it was published and released in Action Comics 1, 1938. Read Alex Grand’s Understanding Superhero Comic Books published by McFarland Books in 2023 with Foreword by Jim Steranko with positive reviews by comic book professionals, Jim Shooter, Tom Palmer, Tom DeFalco, Danny Fingeroth, Alex Segura, Carl Potts, Guy Dorian Sr.

Mighty Crusaders by Jerry Siegel