American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Although, their publishing house has long focused on pulp magazines.

However, as a publisher.

Jack Leibovitz is somewhat familiar with the situation of major newspapers in New York City.

The Courier was just an unknown local tabloid two or three months ago, but all this changed with the serialization of the "Superman" comic.

Even, as far as Jack knew.

In recent days, all the publishing houses that can be named in New York City have gone to the newspaper office where "The Courier" is located, in order to buy the re-rights of the "Superman" comics.

"What if, there were no other Couriers in New York City."

Shrugging, Colin said to Jack.

"What, The Courier wants to cooperate with us?!"

Hearing Colin's answer, Jack, who was sitting behind the desk, had not yet reacted. Harry on the side exclaimed first.

With a look of excitement and a bit of disbelief on his face, he asked: "What cooperation?"

"The publication of Superman, of course."

Turning his head and looking at Harry beside him, Colin responded with a smile in his excited and expectant eyes.

"Oh my god, Jack, did you hear that, or am I dreaming this all?"

"'Superman', this is 'Superman'. The re-rights that so many big publishing houses have been unable to obtain have actually fallen into our hands. I must be dreaming!"

"You're not dreaming."

Under the desk, Jack's fingers holding the handle of the gun began to tremble slightly. He took a deep breath and tried to suppress his inner emotions, while silently adding in his heart.

The premise is that Colin Looper, the self-proclaimed boss of the Courier, is the real boss and not some kind of fraud.

In the office, the excited Harry Donnerfield calmed down.

Jack Leibovitz then spoke, looking at Colin in front of him and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Colin Looper, please forgive my companion's rude behavior. After all, this is too unexpected for us. , it’s hard to imagine that you would be willing to serialize such a popular work as "Superman" in our publisher's magazine..."

Although Jack's words seemed to express surprise and gratitude on the surface, if you look closely, you will find that hidden behind this layer of gratitude is his doubts about what is happening in front of him. After all, as he said, with the current popularity of "Superman", any publisher would be better than them.

On the side, hearing the meaning of Jack's words, Harry's originally excited expression became forced.

"Indeed, just as Mr. Jack said."

Seeing the reactions of the two people in the office, Colin nodded, expressed his understanding of Jack and explained: "So, I said, the purpose of my coming this time is to seek cooperation, not just to "Superman" comics are handed over to you for printing."

If Colin just wants to publish comics in magazines, then there are a lot of publishers in New York City for him to choose from, and many of them have excellent candidates.

"cooperate?"

After Colin's reminder, Jack and Harry realized what they had said when they first came to the office.

"So, Mr. Colin Looper, what is cooperation you are talking about?"

They looked at each other, put down the gun in their hands and stood up from behind the table. Jack looked at the calm Colin in front of him and couldn't help but ask.

"As far as I know, the current situation of your publishing house is not very good."

Without directly answering Jack's question, Colin glanced at the mountains of magazines stacked in the corner.

"It's no secret, sir."

To this, Jack could only reply with a wry smile.

“We are just one of many unlucky publishers.”

"I don't think you are just unlucky."

Colin didn't believe that publishers would choose to publish vulgar magazines. They were innocent hapless people. At most, they were speculators who were hit by policies.

Of course, Colin's purpose in coming to the publishing house was not to make accusations about this.

Therefore, after saying this, he changed the topic and revealed the purpose of his trip: "However, no matter what happened before, it is already in the past tense, and the purpose of my visit this time is to I need to cooperate with your publishing house to launch a new magazine. Of course, the premise of publishing is that I take the lead.”

Yes, this is Colin's main purpose.

Since they are all serialized comic magazines, why should he serialize them under the hands of others? Why not take the initiative himself.

"You take the lead?!"

After hearing Colin's words, Jack and Harry finally understood the purpose of his visit.

Not for the magazine, but for the publishing power they have at their disposal.

"No, it's impossible..."

Hearing this, Harry refused without thinking.

"Jack and I worked hard to build the publishing house. How could we let him go so easily?"

Compared to Harry's fierce reaction, Jack on the side was obviously much quieter. I saw him lowering his head, thinking about all this in silence.

After Harry finished venting his emotions, Colin spoke and said with a chuckle: "But, we all know that judging from the current situation, without my joining, your publishing house will collapse sooner or later."

"Would you rather watch the publishing house go bankrupt than give it a chance, a chance to come back to life?"

"Think about your family. Once the publishing house goes bankrupt, what will you use to support them..."

Colin's words were like a sharp knife that accurately pierced the deadly points of Harry and Jack, making them lose their resistance.

"So, what do you want us to do?"

After a while, Jack on the side spoke to him.

After hearing Jack's words, Colin knew that the purpose of his trip had basically been achieved.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled and said, "I said, this is cooperation. I hope to be able to invest in your publishing house and launch works that readers like, instead of vulgar magazines that wander on the edge of crime like before. This is good for both me and you..."

"From now on, you don't need to worry about being arrested and fined because of the vulgar magazines published by the publishing house. You can continue to continue your favorite publishing work in peace."

After listening to Colin's words in silence, Harry on the side couldn't help but speak.

"I want to know, what is the work that readers like?"

"I think you should know more about this than me, Mr. Harry. I think you should be familiar with Superman."

After hearing the name from Colin's mouth, Jack was silent for a few seconds, and then he stretched out his right hand.

"Welcome to our newspaper, Mr. Colin Luper, and have a pleasant cooperation."

Looking down at Jack's outstretched right hand, Colin immediately shook it with a smile.

"Have a pleasant cooperation."