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It’s TAX DAY, and we go back to when the Man of Steel was hooked for $1 billion…
Here’s a bit of history for you. Did you know that Julius Caesar created the first sales tax? And that his son, Augustus, created the first income tax? The reason for that little lesson is actually to let you know that tax collectors have had thousands of years of training… so they’ve probably heard every excuse for not getting your income tax return in on time for April 15. Whatever you do, don’t skip doing it or you may get penalized — like Superman did, when he discovered he owed $1,000,000,000 (that’s 1 billion dollars) in back taxes!
That amusing thrice-told (!) tax tale first appeared in “Superman’s Billion-Dollar Debt” in Superman #114 (July 1957), then again from March 6, 1961, to April 8, 1961, in the daily Superman newspaper strip; and once more in “Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!” in Superman #148 (Oct. 1961). Below are all three versions — comparing how Wayne Boring (who did it twice) and Curt Swan each handled it.
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From Superman #114 (cover art by Al Plastino), with script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, and inks by Stan Kaye.
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The Superman daily strip again had art by Boring but it was a lot more dynamic in its expanded form. Script by Jerry Siegel, art by Boring.
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And, finally, Superman #148, with a script by Robert Bernstein. Pencil art by Curt Swan and inks by George Klein.
Happy(?) Tax Day!
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— FOUND! SUPERMAN’s Lost, EXCLUSIVE First Interview With LOIS LANE. Click here.
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13th Dimension contributor-at-large PETER BOSCH’s first book, American TV Comic Books: 1940s-1980s – From the Small Screen to the Printed Page, was published by TwoMorrows. (You can buy it here.) A sequel, American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s — From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page, is due in 2025. (You can pre-order here.) Peter has written articles and conducted celebrity interviews for various magazines and newspapers. He lives in Hollywood.
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