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  • THURSDAY JULY 30 2009 12:00 PM

SuicdeGirls Recreate The Erotic Art of Superman Artist













SuicideGirls helped comics historian Craig Yoe recreate the secret fetish art of Superman artist and co-creator Joe Shuster at back room soiree held at LA's Meltdown Comics last night.

Shuster's erotic illustrations were originally published in 1953 in the under-the-counter comic Nights of Horror. The work violated pornography laws at the time, thus Shuster was unable to lay claim to this work. A spate of murders in New York lead to a crackdown on pornography in the city the following year. The publisher of Nights of Horror was arrested, and the comics were confiscated and destroyed. Thus the adult work of Shuster, which had always been done undercover, was seemingly lost for all time.

Then, about two years ago, Yoe stumbled across a copy of Nights of Horror in a dusty box on an antique book stall. Yoe instantly recognized the DNA of the draftsmanship displayed in the images. Further research into Shuster's hereto unknown illicit work opened the door to a twilight world of showgirls, mobsters, neo-Nazi juvenile delinquents, hate crimes, murders, court cases, and government enquiries held at the highest level.

Yoe has compiled the stories and images he uncovered in a just-released book, Secret Identity. Read more on Yoe's remarkable voyage of discovery in our interview here.


The above event images feature SGs Sash, Moxi, Adria and Zoli, pictured with Secret Identity author Craig Yoe.

For more info on Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster, go to Secret-Identity.net.




 

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MutantBaby1

MutantBaby1

USA
March 2009

JUL 30, 2009 03:44 PM

AWESOME!

Northstar22

Northstar22

Los Angeles, CA
February 2007

JUL 30, 2009 04:48 PM

That's pretty cool

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

JUL 30, 2009 06:07 PM

Cooool

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

JUL 30, 2009 07:38 PM

The damn post office must have lost my invite.

Butterfinger1

Butterfinger1

Calgary, AB
July 2008

JUL 30, 2009 10:39 PM

See: Jon Juan the Super Lover, issue 1. By this time the taste for fetish was out in the open. I've got a copy and it is simultaneously hot and funny (because of inadvertent racial insensitivity).

Sirkka

Sirkka

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUL 31, 2009 05:56 AM

oh this is fantastic. i remember hearing a piece on national public radio a month or so ago about the nights of horror.

Bob

Bob

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 31, 2009 07:18 AM

Yay...that"s so cool...ladies look awesome!

Suri

Suri

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUL 31, 2009 07:52 AM

ladies you look great!! i've had my eye on that book for weeks

j3nn1cyd3

j3nn1cyd3

USA
May 2009

JUL 31, 2009 05:50 PM

I like this. Drawing nude models is one of my favorite hobbies. kiss

DrSeussFreak

DrSeussFreak

Chicago, IL
June 2007

JUL 31, 2009 06:22 PM

very nice, that is awesome

Tallahassee

Tallahassee

Cleveland, OH
April 2009

JUL 31, 2009 10:18 PM

omg love it!

OhSoOrdinary

OhSoOrdinary

New York, NY
July 2006

AUG 11, 2009 06:16 AM

Surely there must be more.

Agincourtdb

Agincourtdb

I'm lost
November 2005

OCT 13, 2010 04:28 PM

Sash with a whip = the hotness.

Cruella

Cruella

SUICIDEGIRL

Canada

OCT 13, 2010 04:30 PM

so rad and swoon at sash! she can whip me anytime blush

Jensen

Jensen

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

OCT 13, 2010 05:29 PM

wow, neato! smile

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