Joe Shuster illustrated fewer than a dozen Superman stories not written by by Jerry Siegel. This is from the first — and came from the scripting pen of Batman co-creator Bill Finger! Since Siegel never paired with Bob Kane, can we give Finger and Shuster the title of World’s Finest Creators?
Courtesy of the man himself, a trailer for Brad Ricca’s “Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster — The Creators of Superman.”
The book is due June 4 (less than a month!). Have you pre-ordered your copy yet?
Hitting shelves this week is SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN FAMILY, Vol. 4
Among the book’s contents are eight Jerry Siegel-written stories, including some that have never been reprinted in the United States. For a run-down of Siegel’s contributions to the book’s contents, see the post made when the book was solicited.
This comes from the the “first” issue of ADVENTURE COMICS — retitled from NEW ADVENTURE COMICS. They dropped the “NEW” but the stories — especially those by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster — still were!
Seventy-five years ago today (give or take a couple weeks, depending on who you believe), this comic hit newsstands.
Inside, readers were treated to stories featuring seafarers, adventurers, cowboys, magicians and — most importantly — “a guy in a pair of tights and a cape” (to quote Christopher Darga).
When the book hit the stands, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had already established themselves as published — and popular — comic book creators. However, the immediate, groundbreaking and astronomical success of Superman not only jump-started an industry, but permanently etched Siegel’s and Shuster’s names into the lexicon of pop culture and enshrined them among the legends of American fiction.
While this site is dedicated to celebrating all of Siegel’s and Shuster’s works, it is difficult to deny that, without Superman, their popularity might not be as enduring as it is. Read a Superman comic today in honor of Jerry and Joe.
 AboutSiegel & Shuster: Mythmakers is dedicated to celebrating the collective and individual lives, works and legacies of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. |
