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Callapidder Days (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... action/mystery-type book involving the age-old story of Cain and Abel; the 1930’s story of Jerry Siegel, who created Superman; and a modern-day father and son who’ve been reunited after a decades-long separation brought about by a family tragedy.Whew!I can’t judge yet whether I’ll love this book or not. But I can tell you this: it is one of those books that I picked up and — suddenly,...
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Trulia Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... Clark Kent’s mid-western roots weren’t a coincidence. Now you can see the Cleveland house where Jerry Siegel found his inspiration to create Superman on Trulia. Thanks to loyal fans of the famous comic, the rotting home was restored through an online auction that raised over $100K this past September. According to public records, the 1,610 square foot home was built in 1918 and has...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
... who imagined a man with powers to rise above anything. Michael Chabon's fictionalized account of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of Superman (all of whom are differently named) is both a vivid evocation of the period and a penetrating account of how the times inspired a fantasy that would soar above it.THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD Lest we forget,...
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The Current Buzz - Tech (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Stephen Worth says: Today, we posted more amazing “Cappiana” from the collection of cartoonist, Mike Fontanelli at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, including… • Al Capp’s infamous “Jack Jawbreaker” story — a devastating satire of the notorious exploitation of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster by DC Comics. • More than a dozen rare Wildroot Cream-Oil strips, as well...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Stephen Worth says: Today, we posted more amazing "Cappiana" from the collection of cartoonist, Mike Fontanelli at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, including... • Al Capp's infamous "Jack Jawbreaker" story -- a devastating satire of the notorious exploitation of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster by DC Comics. • More than a dozen rare Wildroot Cream-Oil strips, as well...
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Population Statistic (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... and secret societies. Intertwined with the action is a (largely fictional) piecing-together of Jerry Siegel’s family background, with a history of Siegel’s father meant to parallel Calvin’s relationship with his own father.
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full and free download (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Director: Richard Donner Writers: Jerry Siegel (creator: Superman) & Joe Shuster (creator: Superman) ... more Release Date: 15 December 1978 (USA) more Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi more Tagline: You'll Believe a Man Can Fly! more Plot: An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest...
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Book Fetish (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
When Mitchell Siegel was shot to death in 1932 his son was undestandably devastated. The murderer and gun were never found, the homicide never solved. In that horrifying moment of loss Jerry Siegel created a bullet-proof hero that would last forever in the heart of American children. But did Jerry know more to the story about his father then he ever shared? When the biblical...
