DC Superman School Bag & Children's Sweatshirt (various, late 1940s)....

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DC Superman School Bag & Children's Sweatshirt (various, late 1940s). A charming Superman children's lot, this two-piece group dates to the late 1940s, when the updated diamond shield had become the standard character mark. The school bag features the familiar image of Superman flying above a city skyline with a rocket in the background, while the sweatshirt carries a bold red-and-blue Superman graphic centered on a streamlined rocket motif. Together, they capture the moment when Superman merchandise was becoming part of everyday childhood, not just on the page, but in the schoolyard and the closet as well. The bag shows age and use throughout, with staining, drying, and cracking to the leather trim, and moderate oxidation to the metal hardware. The leather handle has hardened and is flaking at the ends. The body is a blue canvas with cream stitching and a brown vinyl interior. The sweatshirt measures approximately 57" from cuff to cuff and shows significant scattered orange staining. A fun mid-century Superman pairing from the early years of character merchandising, with the kind of surviving school-and-wearable crossover that does not turn up every day.

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