(Free read ebook) Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co- Creator Joe Shuster hqCZy8ikm wfgmYVF2E VqPOeUTYK l5qUEtzgw VsQjmsotz 48e3YfN1D QSJDYJFkz Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster Jy7u0X2Pn GM-81285 S6wRytlVx US/Data/Comics-GraphicNovels KCRjrcSBL 4.5/5 From 446 Reviews YR0ptyrfj Craig Yoe tiNN0JESo DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub iI26TF3tL spR7gC03H XAcAmylXP DXx3QzobI 0B3e124uR PCwwM0Kgc 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If you've ever wondered what it 7WzpShuhF would look like if Joe Schuster had a DeviantArt account, this book is for you.By LbD4oflcQ Doctor SparklesFirst off, in case you couldn't tell by the title or cover image, this 8yyG7AirB is NOT a book for younger or more sensitive comic book fans.This book is yQDZgCIIK primarily a collection of fetish art by Joe Schuster (co-creator of Superman) 5mGjmWUbV originally published under a pseudonym in the Nights of Horror comic book yRPYppBOL series. The book also contains an interesting essay detailing Schuster's work on lwIMMPnMl Superman through his work on Nights of Horror and the subsequent obscenity JFHSPGs6g trial. Definitely an interesting read for fans of comic book history or those enOEghgD6 interested in First Amendment rights - it's worth a read even if you're not rECJf4X0e interested in seeing the fetish art.The artwork contained within is well done but potentially disturbing depending on your tastes and sensibilities (themes of non- consent and extreme sadomasochism are not uncommon - definitely think twice about purchasing if these upset you). I don't consider myself a prude, but I have to admit I was surprised at some of the scenarios depicted. It's not quite porn, but it's close. Also, many of the characters are clearly modeled after characters from the Superman universe - what kind of mischief has Jimmy Olson gotten himself into now?!?Ultimately, I enjoyed this book and revisit it every couple of years, but I'm careful not to leave it out when guests are around. My parents already think I'm a weirdo.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent!By Kris JohnsonThis is well-conceived through-the-looking-glass story of the inevitable shadow cast by the embodiment of a culture's moral ideal. The writer successfully presents the argument that Superman is not always a "good thing" for society or for them who created him and provocatively suggests what is referred to as smut is nothing more than an equal and opposite reaction to a society that has gone to the bullies.60 of 62 people found the following review helpful. Finally, the missing piece of the puzzle!By David BurdAnyone even remotely interested in comics has heard the story of Superman's creation many times over. Two imaginative kids from Cleveland concoct this fantastic tale of super-heroics and an industry is born. Likewise, we've all heard the story of how Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lost control of their character in a bitter lawsuit with DC Comics in the late 1940's. The same is true of the last chapter: With a big-budget Superman movie in the works, pressure is put upon DC by the community of comic artists. Siegel and Shuster are given a pension by DC and their credits are restored to the comic pages. But the Christopher Reeve Superman movie was released in 1978 and the DC lawsuit took place in 1948. That's a gap of nearly three decades in which Shuster is unaccounted for! An anecdote about Joe working as a messenger is the only story we've heard that explains what Shuster did in those missing years.Now, with this book, Craig Yoe fills in the missing chapter in the Joe Shuster story. With an introduction by no less than Stan Lee, it is by turns sad, sordid, strange, shocking and super-man-datory reading. Without giving any of it away (I want you to be as fascinated as I was) the story of Joe's lost years involves obscenity, torture, murder and a cast of characters as odd and as varied as the ones he drew in the comic books. Fredric Wertham makes an appearance, along with various gangsters and pornographers, the US Supreme Court, and even Hitler!No less startling is the art that Shuster produced during this period. It's a tossup as to which is more disturbing, Joe's fetish art or the true story behind it. Subject matter aside, Shuster did some of the best work of his career in this gap between Superman, the comic book and Superman, the movie. Yet it's almost impossible to appreciate the drawing without an uneasy feeling about the bizarre scenes he depicts and the sleazy underworld for which it was created.Although on the surface this is an art book (the first title released by the new Abrahms ComicArts imprint) it is as much an expos and a serious work of history. Yoe and his investigators did an amazing job of researching the scandalous facts surrounding these undiscovered drawings and putting them in the proper context.Joe Shuster's secret identity is revealed at last. Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster showcases rare and recently discovered erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics, Joe Shuster. Created in the early 1950s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing his publisher, DC Comics, over the copyright for Superman, he illustrated these images for an obscure series of magazines called "Nights of Horror," published under the counter until they were banned by the U.S. Senate. Juvenile deliquency, Dr. Fredric Wertham, and the Brooklyn Thrill Killers gang all figure into this sensational story..