Later Siegel and Shuster would sue DC Comics for publishing Superboy ... Current bids of $5. In 1951, this signed letter from Jerry Siegel lays out his charges most succinctly and powerfully ...

After many years of struggle, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster hit the comic book jackpot with their creation Superman, only to see it slip away from their control and for DC Comics to keep not just the ...

Supergirl was created as a female counterpart to Superman in 1959 by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino in 1959, and first appeared in Action Comics ... credit for Jerry Siegel's family ...

Here is just a small part of their story, a part that relays that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster ... and boss of what would become DC Comics, already had signed the creative pair to a contract ...

“A gift from Jerry Siegel’s grandsons Michael and James Larson – a reprint of the first issue of Action Comics signed by Jerry ... s The Engineer. The DC Universe officially kicks ...

Early on, Jerry Siegel and Shuster tried to sell Superman to newspaper syndicates but failed. They then turned to DC Comics, which bought the character, who made his first appearance in Action ...

In 1938, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel ... Whoever at DC Comics wrote out the check didn’t know how to spell Siegel and Shuster’s names, so the men double-signed the check on the back, using ...

Philadelphia, Apr 18: The $412 cheque that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and other creative works by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has sold for $160,000 in an online auction.

Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1 established the hero's origin, powers, and core values. Jerry Siegel and Joe ... the dawn of superhero comics, DC Comics' Superman has been one ...

Action Comics ... DC Entertainment. Too many writers feel it's not their place to tell a Superman story that speaks truth to power. However, this is a disservice to the character's legacy. Jerry ...

DC Comics may have been named for the title Detective Comics, but the most important comic in the publisher’s library is Action Comics #1. Although DC (then called National Comics) had existed ...

DC Comics was founded in 1934 ... most famously Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. In 1935 they added another book Adventure Comics, which ultimately ended up running until 1983.