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Post Office Issues Superman Stamp
| Superman began helping cards and letters speed to their destinations on September 10, 1998, when 15 new postage stamps honoring him and other icons of the 1930s were issued by the U.S. Postal Service in Cleveland, OH -- the metropolis where the super hero was "born." | |
The "Superman Arrives" stamp is part of the Postal Service's
"Celebrate The Century" stamp and education program. "From the Great Depression
and the New Deal programs to architectural marvels and heroes of fact
and fiction, the 1930s stamps portray a time when Americans worked together
to overcome great hardship in hopes of a better day," Deputy Postmaster
General Michael Coughlin said. Coughlin dedicated the stamps at the foot
of Cleveland's Terminal Tower Building at Tower City Center. Created by Cleveland natives Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman first appeared in 1938. The Man of Steel was the world's first comic book super hero. His sensational powers and dynamic deeds changed forever the content and style of comic books. |
Superman: The Stamp |
"Superman was born in Cleveland but he was Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's gift to the world," Jenette Kahn, president and editor in chief, DC Comics said. "In a time of privation, Superman shared everything he had to help others. In a time of shattered dreams, he taught us we could fly." "DC Comics is honored to have Superman take his place in a pantheon of such legendary heroes as Jesse Owens and Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt," said Kahn. "As someone who truly understands the concept of Airmail, he can't wait to carry millions of letters to their destinations." The Superman Arrives stamp design is a reproduction of art from the cover of DC Comics' Superman #2 (Fall 1939).
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"The best way to think of this is book is as 'Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Special Edition,'" Jim Spivey, Associate Editor said. "While no new story pages have been added, we have taken great care to make sure mistakes and inconsistencies have been corrected, taking full advantage of current technology to do it."
Since the original Crisisused a special printing process that has long since been outmoded, every page had to be reconstructed from the original four-color film. The painstaking process included multiple corrections for scratches, art that had dropped out, typos, and other mistakes and inconsistencies. "Many of the pages needed to have their surprints (color special effects) entirely redone," Spivey said, adding "each of the 342 pages was then re-coded and color-separated using state-of-the-art computer separation techniques and effects, fixing errors and even clarifying some story points (on instructions from series writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez) as needed."
Included with the hardcover in the foil-stamped slipcase is a 22" x 34" poster-sized reproduction, without type save the logo, of the cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (death of Supergirl). The 368-page Crisis on Infinite Earths slipcased hardcover can be ordered now from ComicSource for expected delivery in December.
Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
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