Mort Weisinger Papers 1932-1965

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Mort Weisinger Papers 1932-1965

Papers of the American Jewish author, editor of DC Comics' and contributing editor for . Collection includes correspondence (1941-1965), mostly from magazine editors; and writings (1932-1957), including typescript draft and manuscript articles, most of which appeared in and . Superman This Week Magazine Coronet This Week Magazine

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Weisinger, Mort, 1915-

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Mort Weisinger (1915-1978) was the editor of Superman comic books from 1945-1970 and the story editor of "The Aventures of Superman" television show which ran from 1952-1957. Weisinger began writing for pulp magazines while in college and became a contributing editor to "This Week" magazine. He was also the author of "The Contest," a novel about beauty pageants, "The Complete Alibi Handbook" and "1001 Valuable Things That You Can Get Free," which was first printed in 1955. From the d...