Uncivil Society has a look at one of the exhibits in the trademark case involving Superman. These documents, containing correspondence between editorial and the “Superman” creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, have such a negative tone that it becomes far easier to understand the negative feelings and lawsuits on the part of Siegel and Shuster.
There’s a lot of information about specifics in the Uncivil Society post, and I’d encourage anybody interested in the “Superman” copyright case to read the entire pdf. I’m not sure exactly what the legal ramifications of the enclosed documentation are, but it certainly more fully shows the negative, condescending way Siegel was treated by the DC authorities at the time.
– Matt Price