Creator Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) |
Profession Writer |
Total Entries 19 |
Articles Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster – Lambiek Comiclopedia Jerry Siegel – Wikipedia |
Jerome “Jerry” Siegel and Joseph “Joe” Shuster met each other at Glendale High School in Cleveland, Ohio. The two shy Jewish teenagers discovered they shared much in common. The writer/artist team broke into comics by creating work for National Allied Publications’ early comic book New FunDetecive Comics #1 in 1937… In 1938 Max Gaines implored National’s new publishers, Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz, to publish Siegel and Shuster’s character Superman. The character finally debuted as the cover feature for National’s Action Comics #1 (June 1938). Superman was an instant sensation, heralding the beginning of the superhero craze and the Golden Age of comics. ~ Drew Friedman’s Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books – Fantagraphics (2014)
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