Superheroes Go Postal

Superherostamps

Just in case anyone here at JA.org happens to like superheroes, y’all may be interested to know that your favorite caped crusaders are coming soon to a postage stamp near you.

"Faster than a speeding bullet, comic book superheroes are coming to a post office near you. Batman and Superman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl and a half dozen other superheroes will star on new postage stamps being released Thursday.

"The new 39-cent stamps and 24-cent postal cards will be made public at a comic book show in San Diego, and will go on sale nationwide Friday.

"The stamps are sold in a sheet of 20, half featuring the individual superheroes and half showing covers of comic books starring them.

"The Postal Service reports this is its first set of super hero stamps, indicating more are likely to follow."

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The super stamp models are slated to include, among others, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern, and Supergirl. No word yet on whether letters posted with the superhero stamps will arrive at their destination faster than a speeding bullet.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

13 thoughts on “Superheroes Go Postal”

  1. And they’re using CLASSIC Supergirl! Woot!
    Kara Zor-El lives! 🙂
    I’m not a stamp collector but I may well buy a sheet to keep.

  2. Showing once again that we can no longer distinguish between art and commerce.
    When will the American Idol stamps be available?
    PVO

  3. Mulopwepaul —
    It’s obvious that you’re not a stamp collector. For many, many years, all sorts of countries have been releasing all sorts of stamps of this type. Disney stamps are an entire branch of philately in themselves.
    The US government is in fact doing something quite similar to releasing fairy tale stamps or Robin Hood and His Merry Men stamps — they are supporting American folklore.
    And yes, folklore, art, and commerce have always been intertwined. Those troubadours didn’t sing for pure love of music, you know.
    (Btw, I was quite amused to see the vastness that is the San Diego “comics show” referenced in such a bland way.)

  4. I am disturbed, however, to note that DC Comics heroes, and only DC Comics heroes, are being released first.
    Do they want to unleash religious warfare by militant Marvelites? Oh, the humanity….

  5. Sorry Mulupwepaul, but there won’t be any American Idol stamps anytime soon. You have to be dead or in an alternate universe to get on a US postage stamp.

  6. Will these stamps be available worldwide ? My son would love them! I won’t tell him about them just in case we can’t get them over here.
    Very cool.

  9. “And yes, folklore, art, and commerce have always been intertwined.”
    The difference is that Time Warner and Disney own their characters, and derive advertising benefit from their publication.
    Here we’re intertwining folklore, art, commerce and a government-backed monopoly.
    Anyone who thinks this art is truly a public commodity should try incorporating some of it into their own works and see how amused Time Warner and Disney are.
    If these images were truly folklore, we ought to be able to use the images without copyright lawyers. This is exactly what Disney and Time Warner spend large amounts of money making legally impossible.
    Our culture is being transformed into commercially licensed “content,” and I think that’s going to make everyone worse off culturally in the long run.
    PVO

  10. I wonder if Jimmy’s going to ComicCon this year! The events list looks a lot like his blod entries…
    4:00-5:00 Adventures of Brisco County Jr.— The cult-favorite TV show returns with a screening of a special feature from the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series DVD. Featuring a panel discussion and Q&A with the show’s star Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness), Carlton Cuse (Lost), John McNamara (Fastlane), and Julius Carrey (The Last Dragon). Room 6B
    5:00-6:00 Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski— He’s one of the most popular writers in television and comics, and he’s about to add the big screen to that list! J. Michael Straczynski, currently writing the Marvel flagship titles Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, plus Squadron Supreme, is also the creator of the fan-favorite TV series Babylon 5, Crusade, and Jeremiah. JMS is also the author of Changeling, a big-budget feature film for Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures, to be produced and potentially directed by Ron Howard. JMS reveals more about his upcoming work during this spotlight! Room 6B

  11. Will these stamps be available worldwide ? My son would love them! I won’t tell him about them just in case we can’t get them over here.
    Very cool.
    Are you serious?

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