Was Superman a Spy?
And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed
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4.2 • 18 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Fascinating and often bizarre true stories behind more than 130 urban legends about comic book culture.
Was Superman a Spy? demystifies all of the interesting stories, unbelievable anecdotes, wacky rumors, and persistent myths that have piled up like priceless back issues in the seventy-plus years of the comic book industry, including:
• Elvis Presley's trademark hairstyle was based on a comic book character (True)
• Stan Lee featured a gay character in one of Marvel's 1960s war comics (False)
• Wolverine of the X-Men was originally meant to be an actual wolverine! (True)
• What would have been DC's first black superhero was changed at the last moment to a white hero (True)
• A Dutch inventor was blocked from getting a patent on a process because it had been used previously in a Donald Duck comic book (True)
With many more legends resolved, Was Superman a Spy? is a must-have for the legions of comic book fans and all seekers of “truth, justice, and the American way.”
Customer Reviews
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It's not a comic?
Decent but could have been better
The author has excellent writing skills as it is an easy, smooth read. But it's much more a general, topical review of industry history. There seemed to be plenty of opportunities to have reached out to the mentioned creators/writers/artists/editors for comments and insights to include, but the author stops short, instead relying on others' earlier research. Easy to tell it was written by an attorney!