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Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman

By Thomas Andrae (Editor), Mel Gordon (Editor), Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
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By Thomas Andrae (Editor), Mel Gordon (Editor), Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
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Here is a kaleidoscopic analysis of Jewish humor as seen through Funnyman, a little-known super-heroic invention by the creators of Superman. Included are complete comic-book stories and daily and Sunday newspaper panels from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s creative fiasco.

Siegel and Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland, sold the rights to their amazing and astonishingly lucrative comic book superhero to Detective Comics for $130 in 1938. Not only did they lose the ownership of the S...

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