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                                             October 16, 2008


                                                      "Men of Tomorrow" (2004)
                                                      by Gerard Jones
   A brief collection of nitpicks (more-or-less)
   about the accuracy of Gerard Jones.                   MEN_OF_TOMORROW

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                             Gerard Jones presents one of the
                             tales of the creation of the Shadow
                             pulp as The Truth (p. 73) --
                             radio fans were asking for it by
                             name, so they'd better create it.
                             There's an alternate (but not
                             contradictory) story, that it
                             was a maneuver to sew-up ownership
                             of the character.

                                              SHROUDED_IN_SHADOW

                                  Considering how much of the
                                  story of Superman is bound up in
                                  legal wrangling over ownership,
                                  skipping that angle would seem
                                  to be a serious oversight.



   On the other hand, I can affirm
   that Gerard Jones seems to have
   thoroughly examined some of the
   primary sources:

   "The early history of fandom is covered in sometimes
   excruciating detail in Harry Warner Jr.,
   "All Our Yesterdays" (Chicago; Advent, 1969),
   and Sam Moskowitz's dramatic but biased
   "The Immortal Storm" (Westport, CT; Hyperion Press,
   reissued 1974)"  -- p. 344



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