The Creators of Superman Genre: Biography
Written by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Picture Book
This well written and researched book is about two high school boys, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who were outcasts during their school years. Besides being social misfits, Jerry, a talented writer, and Joe, a comic book artist, combined their talents together and created the character of Superman. These two lives entwined in the early 1930's, when they decided to sell their work. Being the start of the depression years, they sold the masterpiece for $130 to a Comic Book Company. Thinking that was a huge hunk of money at the time, this was when their troubles began to emerge for the two men. Superman sold millions of copies, merchandise, even made into motion pictures, and they never made another penny from their efforts. So, they spent the rest of their lives, in and out of court, trying to gain their names stamped on their art, and some payment for the genius efforts. They finally won in courts from sharing their story to the press, but died shortly after leaving their money to a wife and children. This book will be well liked by young and old. It shares the story of Jerry and Joe's adventure, and ends with a three page history lesson for adults.
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