Empire of the Superheroes: America's Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Industry
(Part of the World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series Series)
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Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet, but even he can't outrun copyright law. Since the dawn of the pulp hero in the 1930s, publishers and authors have fought over the privilege of making money off of comics, and the authors and artists usually have lost. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, got all of $130 for the rights to the hero. In Empire of the Superheroes, Mark Cotta Vaz argues that licensing and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1477316477
ISBN13:9781477316474
Release Date:January 2021
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:488 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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