![]() Under the name "Sam Clay", Sammy starts writing adventure stories with Joe illustrating them, and the two recruit several other Brooklyn teenagers to produce Amazing Midget Radio Comics (named to promote one of the company's novelty items). Sheldon Anapol, owner of Empire, motivated to share in the recent cultural and financial success of Superman, attempts to break into the comic-book business on the creative backs of Joe and Sammy. When Sammy discovers Joe's artistic talent, he gets Joe a job as an illustrator for a novelty products company, Empire Novelty. Beyond having a shared interest in drawing, the duo share several connections to Jewish stage magician Harry Houdini: Josef (like comics legend Jim Steranko) studied magic and escapology in Prague, which aided him in his departure from Europe Sammy is the son of the Mighty Molecule, a strongman on the vaudeville circuit. As the novel develops, both Joe and Sammy find their creative niches, one entrepreneurial, the other's artistic. Joe leaves behind the rest of his family, including his younger brother Thomas. ![]() With the help of his mentor, Kornblum, Joe escapes Nazi-occupied Prague by hiding in a coffin. ![]() ![]() The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a refugee in New York City, where he comes to live with his 17-year-old cousin, Sammy Klayman. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon ![]()
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