The Guardian version of the essay contained a new ending, with Spiegelman noting that Marvel’s Perlmutter is a close close friend of Donald Trump, as well as one of his biggest financial campaign donors. Goodman had been terrified that someone might assassinate Hitler before the comic book came out! Goodman began to tremble, knowing what an impact this book would make and remained anxious until the first issue of Captain America, dated March 1941, landed on the stands. Simon showed him the cover concept for a new superhero that he and Kirby had dreamed up – a hero dressed like an American flag with giant biceps and abs of steel has just burst into Nazi headquarters and knocked Hitler over with a haymaker to the jaw. In late 1940, over a year before Pearl Harbor, while the Nazis were Blitzkrieging London, Simon, an entrepreneurial freelancer for Funnies, Inc, was hired by Goodman to write, draw and edit for him directly. Spiegelman’s essay ran yesterday in the Guardian, and it’s actually a great summation of the politics surrounding the early years of the comic book industry. However, after the essay was initially accepted, Spiegelman’s contact at The Folio Society wrote back to say that a reference to “an Orange Skull” was a problem, since Marvel “is not allowing its publications to take a political stance”.Īlthough they attempted to reach a compromise – perhaps with a disclaimer on the essay – this was also rejected after the matter was discussed at the highest levels at Marvel. The first issue of Captain America – created by Jewish-Americans Joe Simon and Jack Kirby – made this explicit, with Cap punching Adolf Hitler right on the cover. Spiegelman told me he’s not a big superhero fan, but he buckled down to research the topic of these comics, and noted how they were rooted in the early Jewish immigrant experience, as well as a reaction against the rise of Fascism in Europe. While Marvel has been licensing out a lot of their historical and younger content, Spiegelman was told that Marvel is a “co-publisher” of this edition. This Marvel volume is the first in a purported series. The Folio Society is located in England and is known for its deluxe editions of classic works. In a conversation with The Beat, Spiegelman confirmed that he had been asked to write an intro to The Folio Society’s Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949, a collection of old stories starring the Marvel characters. Over the weekend, a story in the Guardian revealed that Pulitzer Prize winning author Art Spiegelman had withdrawn his introduction for a collection of historical Marvel comics when the publishers demanded that a reference to “An Orange Skull” be removed. A new incident has made it clear that Marvel’s policies against political content are being more widely applied and brought renewed attention to the controversy. A few days back we mentioned actor Armie Hammer bringing attention to the political controversy surrounding Marvel chairman Isaac Ike Perlmutter.
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