Their names were even stripped off of Action Comics. Siegel and Shuster tried to gain the rights back, but they failed. All of Superman’s ownership was sold for only $130.Įveryone can assume that the rest of the Superman’s story continued with great success. Siegel did not get his money’s worth at all. Siegel didn’t risk to see Superman become insignificant, so he sold his rights, along with Shuster’s, to the Action Comics publishers: National Allied Publications (the company that would become DC Comics). Superman was featured on the cover of the first Action Comics. His costume was inspired by heavy-weight champions of the time, and mythological garments such as a cape. Shuster, being the artist, designed Superman. Siegel, being the writer, eventually pitched the idea to Shuster. In the 1930s, Jerry and Joe wanted to come up with a new comic-strip character, and were having difficulty in doing so. Around the age of nine, Shuster moved to Cleavland to meet Siegel. When Shuster was still in elementary school he worked for the Toronto Daily Star. In his high school years, he joined the school paper with his friend Joe Shuster. Siegel said “it was like the right chemicals coming together” when they met. Joe Shuster was born in Toronto, Canada to a Jewish family.
As a child, Siegel enjoyed comic-strips and films of the early 1900s.
Jerry Siegel was born in Cleavland, Ohio, in the year 1914. In the early years of the decade, Siegel and Shuster wrote drafts of what would be the world’s most famous hero, but it was a bumpy road to June of 1938, the release date for Action Comics #1 (also known as the first appearance of Superman).
Jerome “Jerry” Siegel and Joseph “Joe” Shuster often worked together in the early 30’s, and always wanted to present the world with a super-man.
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