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Jerry Siegel was born on October 17, 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish family. His parents were both Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in 1900, having fled antisemitism in their native Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire.
Jerry Siegel. Writer: Superman. Jerry Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1931, he met and befriended his future partner, Joe Shuster, when the latter moved from his birthplace in Canada. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that they read Philip Wylie's book ...
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Jerry Siegel (b. October 17, 1914 – d.January 28, 1996) was a comic book writer best known as the co-creator of Superman. Jerry Siegel was a writer for National Periodical Publications and later for DC Comics. Along with artist, Joe Shuster, Jerry co-created the most famous pop-culture American icon of all time—Superman, as well as a number of lesser characters including Doctor Occult, the earliest character in DC's shared universe still in use (Occult debuted in 1935, three years before ...
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) was an American comic book writer. His most famous creation was the DC comic book character Superman, which he created in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster. Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish immigrant family. His parents arrived in New York in 1900, having fled anti-Semitism in their native Lithuania. His father was born Mikhel Iankel Segalovich and his mother was born Sora Meita Khaikels, but they changed ...
Jerry Siegel. Writer: Superman. Jerry Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1931, he met and befriended his future partner, Joe Shuster, when the latter moved from his birthplace in Canada. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that they read Philip Wylie's book, "Gladiator", about a mysterious character with superpowers and invulnerability. They created a strip...
- October 17, 1914
- January 28, 1996
3 days ago · Superman, American comic book character created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Superman sparked the creation of an entire industry based around the exploits of masked avengers and caped vigilantes, and he remains one of the world’s most recognizable pop culture icons.
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Jerome Siegel was an American comic book writer. He is the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also created Doctor Occult, who was later featured in The Books of Magic. Siegel and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. With Bernard Baily, Siegel also co-created the long-running DC character The Spectre. Siegel created ten of the ...
