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Joe Shuster — co-creator, artist. 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 and George Taylor , among others.
Sales data first became public in 1960, and showed that Superman was the best-selling comic book character of the 1960s and 1970s. [ 2 ] [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Sales rose again starting in 1987. Superman #75 (Nov 1992) had over 23 million copies sold, [ 78 ] making it the best-selling issue of a comic book of all time, due to a media sensation over The ...
With no real thanks, no pomp nor circumstance, DC simply relieved Curt of his artistic duties on Superman. Curt Swan who had drawn Superman in Action, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, and World's Finest, and drew Superboy in Adventure Comics, who was the quintessential Superman artist of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. He became just another victim ...
These were titles in which Superman starred: The Adventures of Superman was originally Superman (vol. 1). It ran titled as The Adventures of... from 1987 to 2006, issues #424 to 649, with a #0 issue (October 1994) published between issues #516 and 517 during the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! crossover event and a #1,000,000 issue (November 1998) published between issues #562 and 563 during the ...
In the view of comics historian Les Daniels, artist Curt Swan became the definitive artist of Superman in the early 1960s with a "new look" to the character that replaced Wayne Boring's version. [27] Bizarro World first appeared in the story "The World of Bizarros!"
By 1942, artist Wayne Boring, who had previously been one of Shuster's assistants, had become a major artist on Superman. [7] Superman #23 (July–August 1943) featured the first Superman comic book story written by someone other than Jerry Siegel. [8] The story "America's Secret Weapon!" was written by Don Cameron despite bearing Siegel's ...
Kurt Schaffenberger (December 15, 1920 [1] – January 24, 2002) [2] was an American comics artist.He was best known for his work on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family during both the Golden Age and Bronze Age of comics, as well as his work on the title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane during the 1950s and 1960s.
Superman: The Complete Comic Strips 1939–1966 is an unofficial umbrella name for the six following titles: Superman: The Golden Age Dailies, Superman: The Golden Age Sundays; Superman: The Atomic Age Dailies, Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays; Superman: The Silver Age Dailies and Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, all published by The Library of American Comics.