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Siegel & Shuster: Mythmakers is dedicated to celebrating the collective and individual lives, works and legacies of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.
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Star-Spangled preview
A month before the debut of Star-Spangled Kid in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #1, readers got a sneak peak of the new feature, created by Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman, in the form of an original three-page teaser in ACTION … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Comics, Blooey Blue, Hal Sherman, Jerry Siegel, Star Spangled Comics, Star-Spangled Kid, Superman
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Jerry Siegel at the World’s Fair
In 1940, Superman’s popularity had hit full steam. The character was appearing monthly in ACTION COMICS, a quarterly self-titled comic, seven days a week in newspapers across the country and entertaining listeners three times via his audio adventures on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Donenfeld, Jack Liebowitz, Jerry Siegel, New York World's Fair 1940, Superman Day
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Two (of 50) Who Made DC Great
In 1985, as part of the celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary, DC Comics published FIFTY WHO MADE DC GREAT. Behind a Curt Swan/Murphy Anderson cover of Clark Kent holding the DC Bullet, the book, which was published in typical … Continue reading
Joe Shuster’s studio
Marc Tyler Nobleman, author of the great “Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman,” has posted some rare photos of the building on Euclid Avevnue in Cleveland that once housed Joe Shuster’s art studio. The building was razed in the … Continue reading
Joe Shuster in the seventies
Steven Thompson has unearthed some circa-1970s clippings of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, including this one of Shuster with Batman co-creator Bob Kane. Click over to Booksteve’s Library for a look at the full scan, as well as one of … Continue reading