Morrison blended the Depression-era man of the people with the more modern conceptions of Superman to create a brilliant new version of the figure. Morrison’s tenure on Action Comics tells an ...

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster took the pulp detective comics and the sci ... but the grim realities of the Great Depression saw them change this idea, making Superman into a paragon of hope and ...

The extraction process leads to extreme after-effects of depression and despair ... to others from the experience. Superman ...

Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1 established the hero's origin ... Set during the Great Depression, the story follows a misanthropic scientist, Smalley, who uses a rare mineral ...

Comics have been in existence since the end of the 19th century, but it was after the depression that the popularity ... it was born with the launch of Superman in 1938. Created by Jerry Siegel ...

Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and created by two young Jewish men in ...

A proposal at the Ohio Statehouse would proclaim Superman as the state’s official superhero, but DC Comics’ “Man of Steel” isn’t the only superhero with Ohio connections, including a certain angry ...

Credit: The Folio Society The 312-page deluxe DC: Superman packs in seminal comics by iconic writers and artists, such as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Curt Swan, Marshall Rogers, Alan Moore ...

The Superman trailer briefly ... who first appeared in 1942’s Sensation Comics #1. A self-made millionaire and Renaissance Man, Sloan became depressed by the thought that he had accomplished ...