When Jerry Siegel Made Threats Over Captain Marvel & Superman Lawsuit jerrysiegel captainmarvel superman dccomics
the co-creators of Superman, sold all rights to the character to the comic-book publisher Detective Comics, Inc, later National Comics and forerunner of DC Comics, for $130. Later Siegel and Shuster would sue DC Comics for publishing Superboy comics, for royalties from the Superman radio show and merchandise, and more.
Bleeding Cool has been covering a number of historical documents up for sale from auction house ComicConnect concerning Jerry Siegel.. That included a series of poison pen letter – and an actual poison threat – from Jerry Siegel to National Comics executives and others describing himself as"destitute, living with my wife and tiny baby" and first mentioning a Curse On Superman.
There is then a gap of correspondence of eighteen months. Below is a later letter from the 18th of June, 1953, with Jerry Siegel using a lawsuit between National Comics and Fawcett over the publication of the Captain Marvel comics."For over a year," writes Siegel,"I've been deluged by subpoenas by Fawcett Publications in the National Comics Publications, Inc. vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. suit.
Jerry Siegel makes a possible implied threat in regard to his possible testimony.
Whether or not Liebowitz considered any of this was soon a moot point, however, with Fawcett agreeing to cease publication of all Captain Marvel titles by the end of the year.
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