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June 21, 2012


Is This Superman Birthplace Thing Legal Or Nerdly?

So I guess Warners is against an Ohio license plate declaring that Ohio is the birthplace of Superman. Is that as this article suggests for the reason that they'd prefer to maintain the illusion that Superman was born on Krypton, or is it because they don't want the legal reinforcement that the character existed as a creation before Cleveland natives Siegel and Shuster were contracted to deliver the property to DC Comics? I honestly don't know, and my Internet searching skills are being foiled by virtual kryptonite or something. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
 
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