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"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is a 1969 essay in which science fiction author Larry Niven details the problems that Superman would face in sexual intercourse and reproduction with a human woman, using arguments based on humorous reconciliation between physics, biology and the abilities of Kryptonians as presented in Superman comic books.
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and first appeared in the comic book Action Comics #1, published in America on April 18, 1938. [1]
In March 1938, they sold all rights to Superman to the comic-book publisher Detective Comics, Inc., another forerunner of DC, for $130 ($2,814 when adjusted for inflation). [12] Siegel and Shuster later regretted their decision to sell Superman after he became an astonishing success. DC Comics now owned the character and reaped the royalties.
Jerry Siegel — co-creator, writer. Co-created several secondary characters including Lois Lane, Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor, Perry White, James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Lena Luthor and George Taylor, among others.
Marston was born in the Cliftondale section of Saugus, Massachusetts, the son of Annie Dalton (née Moulton) and Frederick William Marston. [4] [5] Marston was educated at Harvard University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and receiving his B.A. in 1915, an LL.B. in 1918, and a PhD in psychology in 1921.
We see the superman concept, especially as it intersects with technology, as a frequently used political tool because of the inherent stratification an “ideal” person erects.
The abbreviated origin of Superman as featured in All-Star Superman #1 (January 2006) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.. The origin of Superman and his superhuman powers have been a central narrative for Superman since his inception, with the story of the destruction of his home planet of Krypton, his arrival on Earth and emergence as a superhero evolving from Jerry Siegel's original story ...
By the time the US had entered WWII, Superman had invoked an economic golden age in the comic book industry and had engendered the new genre of the "superheroes" (though whether Superman can be named the first superhero is controversial), which by then had included Batman, Captain America, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Captain Marvel, Robin, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman.