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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Evil Twin Comics
Title: Comic Book Comics
Page Count: 44
Genre: Humor, Non-fiction
Era: Modern
Cover Price: 3.95 USD
Cover Date: March 2008
UPC: 649241852124
ISBN:
Country: United States
Explores the creation of Superman and the beginning of Kirby's career in comic books.; Traces the origins of comic art, including the Outcault's Yellow Kid and McCay's Little Nemo, plus how the animation work of Max Fleischer grew up contemporaneously.; Recounts the rise of pulp magazine adventures and how they inspired young Jack Kirby and Jerry Siegel, leading to Kirby's employment by Max Fleischer.; Recounts Kirby's time employed by Max Fleischer and how Fleischer originally found more success than Disney by being cost-conscientious, but Fleischer's labor troubles and Disney's success with Snow White saw Disney eclipse Fleischer before the end of the 1930s.