A Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating Superman with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the character for 130 dollars and a contract to supply further material, a modest arrangement that became a source of decades of legal disputes between the creators and DC Comics over credit and compensation.
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Defining ContributionCo-created Superman with writer Jerry Siegel as the character's artist, first published in Action Comics #1, 1938. 1 Classification
AwardWill Eisner Award Hall of Fame 1 Connections
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- Works Created: Action Comics #1
- Milestones Credited: Publication of Action Comics #1
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best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938)
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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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