Word: supermanic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could easily present Still as a caricature by Ayn Rand, a bombinating superman nourishing himself on rocks and vinegar. But what is the point? The paintings remain: they are enveloping in scale, impressively consistent in their growth, utterly free of triviality, the products of a singular talent whose dimension will not be fully known in his own lifetime...
...bird! It's a plane! It's an annuity! Superman has belatedly come to the rescue of his creators. Joseph Shuster and Jerry Siegel, the two cartoonists who introduced the Man of Steel alias Reporter Clark Kent 43 years ago, have lately been living in near poverty-Shuster in New York, Siegel in Los Angeles. In 1938, they signed away their rights to Superman to Detective Comics. It had taken the pair, both now 61, five years to get their idea accepted and they were grateful for the $15 a week Detective paid them to produce the strip...
Shuster, who had poor eyesight, could only get menial jobs; Siegel became a clerk-typist. Superman continued to maintain law and order in Metropolis and over the years made a fortune for others. Superman books, TV and radio shows have earned tens of millions of dollars. The first comic book starring Superman currently sells for $3,000. Shuster and Siegel have repeatedly brought suit to share Superman's millions-but without success. Last spring they simply asked Warner Communications, Inc. (which now owns the copyright) to recognize their moral right to some of the profits. Last week Warner agreed...
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Cornell once again has ex-superman Don Fanelli in the backfield, ex-simply because he is not as great as he was before smashing his knee in the Harvard game last year. Fanelli is now just a very good halfback...