They lived in poverty, screwed by the superpowers of pulp fiction and the movies: their publisher, Detective Comics, held the claim to copyright. Sadly enough, Siegel and Shuster made nothing out of Superman. But where did he leave his spectacles, shoes, socks, tie, suit, shirt and shorts? Where would he have changed today, in a world of mobile phones? He came from the planet Krypton, in a galaxy as far, far away as a Ukrainian shtetl, and had the uncanny agility to change his clothes in a telephone booth. Jews surely! Two Jews had given America a hero who fought evil! I thought they must be rich. First thing I noticed was that Superman was written and drawn by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. NOTE! Consider delaying until first div on pageīack in 1939, I suddenly discovered Superman, after investing a small coin in Action Comics. If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.pubads()) (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) The sad story of Siegel and Shuster - The Jerusalem Post
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