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Happy Superman Day! On this day in 1938, the Man Of Steel made his first appearance, From the Library of Congress collection: Superman no. 1, first self-titled issue.

A book owned by at least three prominent classicists and folklorists, inscribed by Heinrich Schliemann in Greek "To the lover of the arts Mr. [Erik Barren or Henry Warren?] as a memorial. 1874. Schliemann," and later from Samuel Preston Bayard to Albert Lord. RARE DF220 .S34 1869

In 1896, Svante Arrhenius calculated that doubling CO2 in the atmosphere through industry would raise the global temperature by about 4 degrees C. For #EarthDay, explore more historical sources of information about #climatechange in our digital exhibit: buff.ly/4b32KEB

#WordyWednesday: Type. The letters used to print words, usually moveable type where the letters can be rearranged in any order to print any text. A type's design is called a “typeface.” A complete set of type in a specific typeface is called a font. buff.ly/3ytcEPQ

More from our ongoing #bookhistory field trips from the Columbia Public Schools: our talented 6th grade friends got a chance to try writing their names in hieroglyphics on real papyrus. Next week we'll show you a few of the palm leaf books they made. Stay tuned!

The Santa Fe Trail podcast is now complete and available on all streaming platforms. Click below to listen on Spotify. Internet: prepare to be broken! open.spotify.com/show/4XxzGSy6Y…

Beanie Baby Bonanza! Created in 1993, Beanie Babies were an instant pop culture craze, and many collected them as financial investments. Throughout the 1990s Mary Beth Sobolewski released several collector and price guides tracking the rise and fall of the Beanie Baby market.

While queer characters have existed for years, the visibility of queer identities in comics has grown over the last few decades. Within the vast holdings of Mizzou Special Collections & Archives, researchers can explore the history of representation in comics over 40-50 years. buff.ly/3wbb8Dj

#WordyWednesday: Uncut. A book whose margins have not been trimmed. Any book with a deckle edge will necessarily also be uncut. An uncut book may also be unopened, though the two are not the same. buff.ly/3ytcEPQ #RareBooks #SpecialCollections

Coming up on Saturday! Holy Representation, Batman! LGBTQ+ Presence in Comics buff.ly/4dfHNbo

Calling all pet lovers! Special Collections has a new online exhibit: Fancy Magazines for Pet Fanciers. In this exhibit, we are showcasing magazines about four kinds of pets: birds, cats, dogs, and ferrets! buff.ly/4bqSq9X

#WordyWednesday: Unopened. A book where the folds on some of the edges have not been cut. Binders would commonly slice these open, but books were sometimes delivered unopened so that the book’s purchaser could savor the experience of cutting them open. buff.ly/3ytcEPQ

Textile arts like weaving, crocheting, & knitting are some of the earliest art forms in human civilization. Magazines were a common way to learn new textile techniques for the past two centuries. Here are some textile-related magazines from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection.

Attention MOBIUS Borrowers: Borrowing and lending through MOBIUS should resume later this summer. buff.ly/4dPqcrf

1978 to 1982 is known as the golden age of arcade video games, producing popular games like Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Donkey Kong. These premiere-issue magazines from 1982 show a booming video industry just before the video game crash of 1983.

This library is saving them, thanks to Dr. Samir Husni and the Husni Collection! buff.ly/3wTy0b2

One magazine, published from 1952 to 1967, was produced by a gay rights non-profit in Los Angeles and considered a radical magazine during its run. One devoted itself to representing the homosexual experience through fiction and essays about history, culture, and politics.

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