Was Superman a Spy?, Cronin, Brian

Was Superman a Spy? demystifies all of the interesting stories, unbelievable anecdotes, wacky rumors, and persistent myths that have piled up like priceless back issues in the seventy-plus years of the comic book industry, including:

* Elvis Presleys trademark hairstyle was based on a comic book character (True)
* Stan Lee featured a gay character in one of Marvels 1960s war comics (False)
* Wolverine of the X-Men was originally meant to be an actual wolverine (True)
* What would have been DCs first black superhero was changed at the last moment to a white hero (True)
* A Dutch inventor was blocked from getting a patent on a process because it had been used previously in a Donald Duck comic book (True)