About this title: "Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster" showcases rare and recently discovered early erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics. Created in the late 1940s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing "DC Comics" over the copyright for "Superman", he illustrated these images for an obscure series of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Abrams Comic Art
Date Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC. Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 160 pages. Showcases early erotic artwork by some of the most seminal artist in comics. created in the late 1940s when shuster was down on his luck after suing "dc comics" over the copyright for "superman", he illustrated these images for an obscure series of magazines called "nights of terror", published until it was banned by the us senate. 125 colour images (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARRY N ABRAMS INC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
Description: New. Yoe showcases rare and recently discovered early erotic artwork by Joe Shuster, the co-creator of "Superman. " Lee provides an Introduction that offers a detailed account of the scandal and the court trial that resulted from the publication of such ra... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
Description: New. Showcases early erotic artwork by some of the most seminal artist in comics. Created in the late 1940s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing "DC Comics" over the copyright for "Superman", he illustrated these images for an obscure series of ma... read more
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Binding: First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,
Publisher: Abrams Comicarts, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780810996342ISBN:0810996340
Description: New. “ Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster showcases rare and recently discovered erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics, Joe Shuster. Created in the early 1950s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing his publisher, DC Comics, over the copyright for Superman, he illustrated these images for an obscure series of magazines called ‘ Nights of Horror, ' published under the counter until they were banned by the U.S. Senate. Juvenile ... read more
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"Stories of tortures used by debauchers Lurid, licentious and vile Make me smile -"Smut" (1965), Tom Lehrer
About four months ago I interviewed comics historian and all-around swell guy Craig Yoe about his latest bit of comics-related archaeology for PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COMICS WEEK, and I have to tell you it's one hell of a read. SECRET IDENTITY: THE FETISH ART OF SUPERMAN'S CO-CREATOR JOE SHUSTER (from Abrams Comicarts) not only gives us a fascinating look at the artist's illegal, pornographic output following his and co-Superman creator Jerry Seigel's lawsuit against National, aka DC Comics (after which they were effectively persona non grata at the company), but also provides an unexpected element in the founding of the Comics Code Authority.
Following the disappointing (to say the very least) results of the lawsuit, Shuster found work illustrating NIGHTS OF HORROR, a multi-volume series of S&M pulp booklets that featured visuals depicting all manner of flagellation, torture with hot irons, topless and naked females subjected to assorted degradations and discipline and other such fun ways to pass a boring weekend, all delivered in a style I can't believe no one ever connected with the guy who first drew the Man of Steel. Other than its kinky content, the stuff looked exactly like what could be seen in the pages of any given issue of ACTION COMICS, particularly characters who bore a marked resemblance to Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen - looking hilariously jaded, with a ciggie hanging from his lips and a nubile blonde within reach - and even Superman himself, so how this escaped notice is beyond me. Perhaps because much of it is technically superior to the work seen on Superman?
The NIGHTS OF HORROR books were definitely not comics but they were among the bad influences cited by Dr. Frederic Wertham when he appeared before the Senate Subcomittee Hearing on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954, held up as shocking material that found its way into the hands of a bunch of Hitler-worshipping Jewish Kids who dubbed themselves "the Brooklyn Thrill Killers" and unfortunately lived up to their name. Too bad Wertham neglected to mention that the NIGHTS OF HORROR booklets weren't comics, but why let a little thing like an omission of facts stand in the way of one's political agenda? I could explain in more detail but I'd rather you discovered the eye-opening story for yourself by checking out Yoe's excellent book."
"It's sad that Joe Shuster was reduced to this sort of thing in the late 1940s and 1950s because he wasn't getting any royalties from National Periodic Publications, the owners of DC Comics, for his co-creation of Superman. But on the other hand he was pretty good at it."
"A fascinating book about Joe Shuster's disjointed life and career. Yoe's forward about the controversy surrounding Nights of Horror's publication and its involvement in the Brooklyn Thrill Killers murder case was really interesting (although, a tad sensational); I'm surprised the story isn't more well known in popular culture. Shuster's up until recently lost art is provocative, classic, lurid and intriguing."
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