![]() ![]() staged a Superman exhibit in its New York store last Christmas, it took in $30,000 in thirty-cent admissions. That boy is growing rare who has no Superman dungarees in his wardrobe or no Superman Krypto-Raygun in his play chest. ![]() His noble profile confronts them in two magazines and 230 newspapers with a combined circulation of nearly 25,000,000. No other cartoon character ever has carried his creators to such an accomplishment as Siegel and Shuster enjoy at the age of twenty-six. No other cartoon character ever has been such an all-around success at the age of three. According to a 1941 article in the Post, the Man of Steel had risen from a long-shot character created by two unknowns to the most popular hero of his time-and the fictional hero market during the Depression was fairly crowded. ![]() The real Superman was a “continuity”-a recurring comic-book character with superhuman powers to create revenue. The mythical Superman, as we all know, was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive (a dated figure of speech that reflects Superman’s age: 77 this month), and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (before his creators decided he could, in fact, fly.) Jor-L (original spelling), but Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Instead, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio-specifically, in the halls of Glenville High School. Superman was not shot into space as an infant moments before his home planet exploded. ![]()
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