Hakes.com is playing host to another auction of comic book and pop-culture memorabilia. Included in the items up for auction are two one-of-a-kind Jerry Siegel items.
First up is a pay voucher Jerry Siegel for his work on the Star-Spangled Kid story (untitled at the time, but since referred to as “The Bund Saboteurs”) from STAR SPANGLED COMICS #1. This was the first-published Star-Spangled Kid story following the three-page preview in ACTION COMICS #40.
The voucher was filled out in pencil by Siegel himself and is noted “Ok by JSL” in ink in the lower right. JSL is likely a reference to Jack S. Liebowitz. The voucher is for the amount of $100, equivalent to approximately $1,650 is today’s dollars.
Also up for sale is a lot of letters regarding interaction and correspondence between Siegel, Joe Shuster, and “Li’l Abner” creator Al Capp.
The first is a 1947 letter from Siegel to Al Capp, and offers some insight into Siegel’s and Shuster’s legal battles against DC Comics. The other two pieces of correspondence are from 1952, and deal with what seems to be money loaned by Capp to Shuster, and Capp’s inability to recover the money, due to Shuster having fallen on hard times.
