Boys of Steel The Creators of Superman

Name: Boys of Steel The Creators of Superman
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ISBN: 9780449810637

ISBN-10: 0449810631

ISBN-13: 9780449810637

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marc Tyler Nobleman, Ross Macdonald

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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the summer they graduated from high school, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book. The author includes a provocative afterword about the long struggle Jerry and Joe had with DC Comics when the boys realized they had made…

Book details

List price: $8.99
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 6/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 40
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.94" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English