Joe Shuster 1939 Superman Sketch

Artist: Joe Shuster (All)

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Joe Shuster 1939 Superman Sketch Comic Art

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Title:	Joe Shuster 1939 Superman Sketch
Artist:	Joe Shuster (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	5,355
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	4/28/2006
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This is a detail of the famous, or infamous, Superman sketch given by Joe Shuster while on a date in 1939. Mary Freeman (later Ernest) the very young lady involved, did not know how close she came to true greatness.

Harlan Ellison felt that since she did not recognize she was in the presence of greatness, she ought not profit from the experience: "this crone still seems not to have even the faintest awareness, the vaguest scintilla of a glimmering, that for one moment in her (most likely) uneventful existence, she touched Posterity, that she shared a moment with someone Who Really Did Matter and who altered society's awareness of Art and itself." (Harlan Ellison in "Tony's Tips" published in Comics Buyer's Guide #1417, January 12, 2001)

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	Ray Cuthbert
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Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	CANADA
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John Bamber
Member Since 2004

Posted on 6/8/2006

What a great piece of history. The whole write up and everything. Congratulations Ray this is just tremendous :) Cheers John

Jeff Jatras
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/11/2006

Hey Ray, I remember when you snagged this. I envied you then and I envy you now. What a prize!

Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 2/9/2008

Very nice. Thanks for sharing it.

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