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Actor George Reeves portrays Superman in Stamp Day for Superman. After appearing in film, he became the first to star as Superman in television. Adventures of Superman, which aired from 1952 to 1958, was the first television series based on a superhero. It starred George Reeves as Superman.
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 ...
An event cited by many as marking the beginning of the Golden Age was the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1, [2] [3] published by Detective Comics [4] (predecessor of DC Comics). Superman's popularity helped make comic books a major arm of publishing, [5] which led rival companies to create superheroes of their own to emulate Superman ...
The Adventures of Superman #586 Sentry: 2000 Marvel Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, Rick Veitch: The Sentry #1 Typeface: 2000 Marvel Paul Jenkins, Mark Buckingham: Peter Parker: Spider-Man v2 #23 Acrata (Andrea Rojas) 2000 (August) DC Oscar Pinto, Giovanni Barberi, F.G. Haghenbeck Superman Annual (vol.2) #12 Speedy (Mia Dearden) 2001 (May) DC Kevin ...
Already on the Mt. Rushmore of heroes in pop culture before ever having a movie, once it finally happened in 1978 with Christopher Reeve in the role, Superman became arguably the most beloved ...
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.
Superhero Comics became darker with the release of landmark deconstructive works such as Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, which led to many imitations. The late 80s to early 90s saw the rise of successful new characters including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the anti-hero Spawn which were predominantly creator owned as opposed to ...
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. Nevertheless, DC Comics retained Siegel and Shuster as the principal writer and artist for the Superman comics, and they were well-paid because they were popular with the readers.