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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The plan to install a Superman statue in downtown Cleveland outside a newly renovated Huntington Convention Center continues to fly through approval processes. In a unanimous vote, the members of the ...