Superman movies in the Public Domain

The 1940s Columbia movie serial that is. It’s available to view over at the Internet Archives. I knew that the 1940s Superman cartoons were Public Domain, but I was not aware that this motion picture serial was also in the public domain. The Archive describes it as:
The Superman serial was a 1948 15-part black-and-white movie [...]

Darwyn Cooke’s monochrome trinity

Burton, of the Original Comics Book Art blog, reports the sale on eBay of several large pieces of stunning Darwyn Cooke (Spirit, DC: The New Frontier) artwork. The piece from which is the above is taken is a large monochrome piece featuring Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman that sold for 2,500 dollars.

Frank Miller and Steve Gerber’s Metropolis.

Earth One isn’t the first time that DC have launched entirely new reboots of their main characters. The following is from a 1986 issue of Amazing Heroes and leads into a piece about Frank Miller’s then “upcoming” Batman: Year One…
Actually, “Batman: Year One” has its origins in Miller’s concept for the original Dark Knight series [...]

The return of Earth One

I was going to post to ask if anybody thought that DC had gone quiet on the news front, but its seems like they were holding back for a big tease about next year’s stories. This week their blog is going to be running a series of posts called “DC in 2010″ and the first [...]

Rafael Albuquerque’s Justice League

This piece shows an alternative Justice League. It’s attributed to Brazilian artist Rafael Albuquerque (Blue Beetle, Superman/Batman). I don’t know if this is just a commission piece or whether it’s from an unannounced project (he was a DC exclusive until April 2009), but I can’t find it on the artist’s Deviant Art page or his [...]

Superman vs. Hollywood

Publication Information
Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon (Cappella Books) by Jake Rossen. Foreword by Mark Millar. Published 2008 by Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-55652-731-9. $16.95 US.
Review
Jake Rossen’s book, Superman Vs. Hollywood, chronicles Superman’s exploitation outside of his traditional comic book home. Superman has always been a [...]

Superman TAS: Speed Demons

Superman races the Flash for the title of the Fastest Man Alive, but the Weather Wizard is out to use their charity match for his own evil ends.

Finally answered – why Superman needs the Justice League

Over at Ecocomics John Perich has finally answered the question of why Superman hangs around with a bunch of heroes that are blatantly less powerful that he is…
Superman’s slower than Flash (only just), but his super-strength and invulnerability make him better at dispatching minions. He’s more capable of dealing with aliens than Green Lantern. And [...]

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