In a move organized by the Siegel and Shuster Society, a display was unveiled Oct. 11 at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport honoring Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster and the creation of Superman in Cleveland. According to an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, attendants at the unveiling included Siegel’s daughter, Laura Siegel Larson, Siegel’s cousin, Irving Fine, and Joan Sikela, daughter of artist John Sikela, who began working in the Shuster Shop in 1940 or 1941.
Comics Alliance has posted an up-close look at the display, which features a larger-than-life-size Superman statue, photos of Siegel and Shuster, an old-fashioned television that displays a short documentary about Siegel and Shuster, notations of places around Cleveland significant to Siegel and Shuster, and more.
The display marks the latest attraction recognizing that the city served as the boyhood home to both Siegel and Shuster, as well as the birthplace of all of their pre-World War II collaborations. While I wish the display spoke more of other work by Siegel and Shuster, it’s great to see such an eye-catching attraction paying tribute to two of Cleveland’s most famous sons!
