Previously relegated to the dusty corners of comic book history, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Golden Age comedian/superhero Funnyman, has been rescued from obscurity by authors Thomas Andrae and ...

Given the hype surrounding director James Gunn’s new “Superman” movie blockbuster, it’s easy to forget the Man of Steel’s humble origins in Depression-era Cleveland. Before he was “Truth, Justice and ...

Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1 established the hero's origin, powers, and core values. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of Superman revolutionized the comic book industry ...

The greatest hero you never heard of is laid to rest and DC Comics supersizes the medium in this week's comic column. Novelist Brad Meltzer counts Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on the history of Superman and his creators, Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, in honor of the character’s 75th anniversary.

Secret to the grave: Superman creators Jerry Siegel(left) and Joe Shuster never suggested the hero was created from a personal tragedy. The day after Mr Siegel died, as newspapers argued over the ...

The Siegel and Shuster Society has launched a drive to raise $2.5 million for the creation of a tribute plaza with statues to honor Superman.

Finally, in 1938, DC Comics ran the hero as a storyline in Action Comics #1, with the caveat that Shuster and Siegel would sell the rights to their creation for $130. Siegel and Shuster entered a 10 ...

Four years before Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster debuted Superman, Siegel collaborated with artist Russell Keaton on a very different version of the Man of Steel. With Action Comics #1 once again ...

The Man of Steel was born not on Krypton, but in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood back in 1933, when two high school students, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, dreamed up the caped hero.

The hero’s first appearance under DC’s banner was in Action Comics No. 1, ... The case settled, with a $94,000 payout to Shuster and Siegel to resolve the case. Advertisement.