An American comic book writer who, with artist Joe Shuster, created Superman, first published in Action Comics #1 in 1938 for National Allied Publications (the corporate predecessor of DC Comics). Siegel and Shuster began developing the character in 1933 and sold the rights in March 1938 for 130 dollars, a sale they came to regret once Superman became enormously successful; Siegel later co-created Doctor Occult (with Shuster) and The Spectre (with Bernard Baily), and created ten early members of the Legion of Super-Heroes during a second tenure at DC from 1959 to 1966.
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Defining ContributionCo-created Superman with artist Joe Shuster, first published in Action Comics #1, 1938, widely considered the beginning of the superhero genre. 1 Classification
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Wikimedia Foundation- Award: Inkpot Award
- Award: Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
- Award: Bill Finger Award
- Birth Year: 1914
- Death Year: 1996
- Nationality: American
- Defining Contribution: Co-created Superman with artist Joe Shuster, first published in Action Comics #1, 1938, widely considered the beginning of the superhero genre.
2. Jerry Siegel (Wikipedia)
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Jerome "Jerry" Siegel ( SEE-gəl; October 17, 1914, January 28, 1996) was an American comic book writer.
Jerry Siegel, overview
He was the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics.
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Inkpot Award, 1975 Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, 1992 Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1993 The Bill Finger Award For Excellence in Comic Book Writing, 2005 (posthumous) Kimberly Avenue in Cleveland was renamed "Jerry Siegel Lane" in 2009
- In Category: Figures
- Associated With: Comics
- Milestones Credited: Publication of Action Comics #1
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Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, first appearing in issue #1 of Action Comics, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.
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