Whose creation is Superman?
Quick Answer
Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, two young friends from Cleveland, and debuted in Action Comics #1 in 1938.
The Full Story
Siegel and Shuster developed the character as teenagers in the early 1930s but struggled for years to sell him. When Action Comics #1 was published in 1938, they sold the rights for just 130 dollars. Superman, born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, was an instant hit and helped launch the superhero genre. In early stories he could only leap tall buildings rather than fly, and his power of flight developed in the 1940s. In 2024 a copy of Action Comics #1 sold for 6 million dollars, a record for a comic book.
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