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Superman Essay

-Introduction-

Superman was an invention of two men.  One was a Canadian-born artist named Joseph Shuster and the other his friend, Jerry Siegel.  “Superman” is a cartoon character who is a superhero and he also has another identity as a mild mannered newspaper reporter named “Clark Kent”. Superman can fly, shoot lasers from his eyes, freeze objects with his breathe and he has superhuman strength.  His only weakness is kryptonite.

Past

Joseph Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Jewish family. As a youngster, Shuster worked as a newspaper boy for the Toronto Daily Star and, as a hobby, he liked to sketch.  When Joe Shuster was 10, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland, Shuster attended Glenville High School and befriended his later collaborator, writer Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Glenville High School where he met Joe Shuster. Siegel was a fan of movies, comic strips, and especially science fiction pulp magazines. Siegel described his friendship with the similarly shy and bespectacled Shuster: "When Joe and I first met, it was like the right chemicals coming together.”

Jerry Siegel developed the story lines, while Joe Shuster drew the comic strip. The idea of Superman came to Jerry Siegel while reading a book called “Gladiator” written by Phillip Wylie. The character in the story had the ability of super strength, was able to leap 40 feet in the air and could let bullets bounce off his chest.  This along with other characters inspired the creation of Superman.

Highlights

The two men originally developed Superman as a villain during the 1930s, but they later made him a superhero. Lex Luthor became the first villain created in the Superman comic book.  He is the archenemy of Superman. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940). Luthor is described as "a power-mad, evil scientist" of high intelligence and incredible technological power.

What?

In 1936, the partners unsuccessfully attempted to make Superman into a daily comic strip. After this failure, the two men found employment with DC-National Comics (present-day DC Comics). In 1939, DC Comics agreed to publish Superman as a storyline in Action Comics. Superman appeared in the very first issue of this comic. Superman also appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games.  Superman was so popular and he helped to create the superhero genre.  Superman proved to be DC Comics most important and popular character, and made a lot of money for the company. During the 1940s, Siegel and Shuster sued DC Comics for a portion of the profits. The two men achieved a minor victory. They received royalties for Superboy instead, another character that they had created. The partners as a result had to forsake all rights to the Superman character.

Today a superman No. 1 comic is worth $440,000 in near mint condition. In 1933 each superman comic sold for 10 cents a copy.

So what?

Superman helped those of us who have an imagination to enjoy a fantasy of a young man who could save the world and come to every ones rescue in the nick of time. He gives us some great dreams and entertainment.  The creation of Superman showed the world that a talented Canadian artist can succeed on the world’s stage and earn a place in history. Canada can be proud to have been part of such a popular, well known creation.

Now what?

The potential of national pride and its effects on the nation’s population caused by the knowledge of being a part of Superman's creation can have many positive results in Canada’s future. Superman and his creators will help all of Canadian children by inspiring them to believe, create and use their imagination.  Superman will live on to inspire children of all ages throughout the ages, and be a great source of entertainment for everyone.

Conclusion

Many children have spent countless hours running around pretending to be a superhero and having awesome powers and having plenty of fun. Superman created the superhero fad of today.  Without Superman being the first superhero there probably wouldn't be any comics today about superheros.  

Superman’s popularity is still very strong and his memorabilia is in high demand as collectibles. I sometimes wonder what if Superman wouldn’t have been created, would superheros be as popular as they are today?