Kaye Ballard is a musical theatre and television actress, comedienne,
and singer. She was born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ballard was established as a musical comedienne in the 1940s when
she joined the Spike Jones touring revue of entertainers.
Starring Kaye Ballard (left) with Eve Arden on NBC from
1967 to 1969.
Charles at 15
Charles Atlas (Angelo Siciliano)
(October 30, 1892 – December 23, 1972)
Atlas developed a bodybuilding method and associated exercise
program that was best known for its landmark advertising campaign
featuring Atlas’s name and likeness; it has been described as one of
the longest-lasting and most memorable ad campaigns of all time.
Before fame, Charles Atlas worked as a leather worker for a time. He
died of heart failure at age 80 after his daily jog on the beach.
The debut of Superman, 1938
LOS ANGELES (AP) – DC Comics will retain its rights to Superman after
a judge ruled Wednesday that the heirs of one of the superhero’s co-
creators signed away their ability to reclaim copyrights to the Man of
Steel roughly 20 years ago.
The ruling means that DC Comics and its owner Warner Bros. will retain
all rights to continue using the character in books, films, television and
other mediums, including a film reboot planned for next year.
In April, the $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and
other creative works by Shuster and Siegel sold for $160,000 in an online
auction.
The cancelled check sent to Siegel and Shuster in 1938 to acquire Superman
The creators of the Superman character, artist Joe Shuster, left, and
writer Jerry Siegel.
Jack and Jill is a bimonthly magazine for children 7 to 10 years old featuring
short stories, articles, games, comics, and educational activities. It was first
launched by Curtis Publishing Company in 1938, making it one of the oldest magazines for kids.
Debuting in August 1952 (cover date October–November), Mad began as a comic book published by EC before it became a magazine.
Alfred E. Neuman, fictional mascot and cover boy of the
parody publication
Cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was
the founding editor of Mad. He was inducted into the comic industry’s
Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1989.
