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No extension in the next couple days, but there will be another 20+ year extension purchased within the next 11 years. Why? To make sure 1938 doesn't go PD.

I will leave it up to the reader as an exercise to determine what is special about 1938.



Is the start of the golden age of comic books enough? I'm honestly not convinced.


DC certainly isn't succeeding at a media empire lately, though I guess they have 11 years to go.

There's a lot of valuable stories in Golden Age comics. One thing that makes them unique(?) is so many of them are total surreal nonsense, like the writers hadn't slept in a month, or their studios all had carbon monoxide leaks. Don't think you'll get that from a modern work environment.

https://www.printmag.com/comics-animation-design/fletcher-ha...



What's special about 1938?


I'm going to guess the reference here is Superman


That's right! DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers.

In 1939 you have Namor the Sub-Mariner which is owned by Disney.


I wonder what Siegel and Shuster would say


When Itchy & Scratchy teamed up for the war effort [0]? Documents on Prescott Bush, grandfather of Bush Jr, who happily sold steel to the Nazis and created the current Bush family pile [1]?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vhL6QsPGac

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworl...




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