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The First Onscreen Superman Was a Gorgeous Series of Animated Shorts
The character of Superman, first created in comics by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1933, has a longer history of screen adaptations than most people realize. Though many know the most recent movies were preceded by the 1978 movie Superman, which starr from Tor: Science Fiction Blog Read more »
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Superman At 75: Martin Pasko's View of The Man of Steel
Last week marked 75 years since the very first issue of "Action Comics" rolled off the printers and introduced Superman to the world. Though the character had lived in the minds of creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for years before that, the date is from Comic Book Resources Read more »
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Relive the History of Superman in this Infographic
With the movie just a few weeks away, it's a good time to take a step back and look into Superman's history, which dates back to the 1930s, when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster conceived him as a villain, bent on world domination. The character has changed from Mashable Read more »
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Create a Superman environment for tourists: letter to the editor
Cleveland is the undisputed home of Superman. He was dreamed up in 1932 by two hometown boys, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. It's way past time to "grab the gold" and stake our claim for now and forever as home to the Man of Steel. How do we do this? Let' from Cleveland Plain Dealer Read more »
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Grumpy Old Fan: Happy Anniversary Lois Lane!
Three panels which helped define a legend (from Action Comics #1, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) Seventy-five years ago, on or about April 18, 1938, the company that would become DC Comics published the first issue (cover-dated June 1938) of a new anth from Comic Book Resources Read more »
