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What does it mean that the Siegels only own the copyright to Action Comics #1?

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What does it mean that the Siegels only own the copyright to Action Comics #1?

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Once they sold the first Superman story to DC Comics, Siegel and Shuster became employees of DC, so every comic they wrote AFTER Action Comics #1 WOULD be considered work-for-hire, so anything created after Action Comics #1 would be owned by DC.