This story is absolutely enthralling to me. Not more than a year or two ago, I heard for the first time that Legion of Super-Heroes artist James Sherman had actually created the Major League Baseball logo shown to the left. This iconic image has been used for 40 years now and is instantly recognizable by millions of people. I thought it was pretty impressive that a "comics guy" had actually designed it!
But as came out recently (and is detailed in the link above), Sherman didn't actually originate the logo after all! It had already been in existence for about a dozen years when he was asked by MLB to create something for the American League, and ended up submitting a design that was very similar to what had previously been adopted (at a relatively low profile) in 1968. Ever since, right up until the article writer (again, in the link provided above) pushed the issue with Sherman over the phone, the artist believed that he had provided the logo that was adopted (not being a sports fan, he didn't realize it was already in use). It was actually Jerry Dior who had come up with the logo and who know would like to have just a little bit of recognition for that feat.
You can't make up stuff this intriguing!
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