Maxwell Charles Gaines - The Man Who Rejected Superman In 1936

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The auction house ComicConnect is currently selling off a number of historical documents from. Famously, in 1938, the pair sold all rights to Superman to their publisher for $130. Later Siegel and Shuster would sue, claiming royalties, something that was only finally settled by their families in recent years. But two years before their sale, they couldn't even get Superman in the door. As this letter, used as evidence in a 1947 lawsuit shows.

MC Gaines is famous for creating the American comic book format – and industry – in 1933, by repackaging comic strips into small magazines to be given away or sold at the newsstand, with. But he clearly didn't have an eye for every commercial opportunity that came his way. All-American would, however, later publish Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Hawkman.

 

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