Hello everyone and welcome back to yet another edition of Raiders of The Lost Media. This time around I look at a lost comic book by the creators of Superman themselves Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Part One - What was The Superman?
The Superman is a lost 1933 short story comic book. The story would have been the first true appearance of the iconic DC Comics' character and pop culture icon Superman.
Part Two - Whatever Happened to The Superman?
After Siegel and Shuster's story titled The Reign of the Superman (in which Superman was portrayed as a villain) both men played around with the idea of their Superman creation being more a hero instead of a bad guy. The duo worked hard on this idea and even got a promising letter from Consolidated Book Publishing, however luck wasn't on Siegel and Shuster's side as the publishing company would later contact them saying they were pulling out of their idea. After numerous of other attempts from other publishing companies all of which denied their idea Siegel would become frustrated with all the denies from these companies. One night in a fit of rage Siegel threw the entire issue into a fire.
Part Three - What We Know
The only thing that ever survived from the comic was the cover. Nobody knows what the plot was about or what the character was even going to look like. What we do know is what came from Siegel and Shuster themselves in which this version of Superman was a non-alien crime fighter and wearing a bat-like cape. What we also know is Superman collectors and historians claimed that their contacted sources have copies of this comic but this seems unlikely given that Jerry Siegel quite literally destroyed the thing in his fit of anger.
So that's all for me. I know this shorter than most of my post but that's all I could gather from this addition of Raiders of The Lost Media either way I hoped you enjoyed it. Come back on September 12th, Thursday when I go back to the Road to Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker with my review of the first film in the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.
The Superman is a lost 1933 short story comic book. The story would have been the first true appearance of the iconic DC Comics' character and pop culture icon Superman.
Part Two - Whatever Happened to The Superman?
After Siegel and Shuster's story titled The Reign of the Superman (in which Superman was portrayed as a villain) both men played around with the idea of their Superman creation being more a hero instead of a bad guy. The duo worked hard on this idea and even got a promising letter from Consolidated Book Publishing, however luck wasn't on Siegel and Shuster's side as the publishing company would later contact them saying they were pulling out of their idea. After numerous of other attempts from other publishing companies all of which denied their idea Siegel would become frustrated with all the denies from these companies. One night in a fit of rage Siegel threw the entire issue into a fire.
Part Three - What We Know
The only thing that ever survived from the comic was the cover. Nobody knows what the plot was about or what the character was even going to look like. What we do know is what came from Siegel and Shuster themselves in which this version of Superman was a non-alien crime fighter and wearing a bat-like cape. What we also know is Superman collectors and historians claimed that their contacted sources have copies of this comic but this seems unlikely given that Jerry Siegel quite literally destroyed the thing in his fit of anger.
So that's all for me. I know this shorter than most of my post but that's all I could gather from this addition of Raiders of The Lost Media either way I hoped you enjoyed it. Come back on September 12th, Thursday when I go back to the Road to Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker with my review of the first film in the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.
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