News about Joe Shuster

Jerry Siegel (left) and his buddy Joe Shuster created the world renowned superhero in the early 1930s. They sold the rights to the tale to Detective Comics, the forerunner of the publishing behemoth DC Comics, after years of struggling to find a home for it as an ongoing comic strip. DC executives and Siegel and Shuster were hired by DC executives to continue writing Superman stories. However, Siegel was furious as executives received millions in royalties as the superhero went on to become a hit. Siegel contacted executive Paul Sampliner in December 1951 (inset) after he had unsuccessfully sued DC for the rights to both Superman and spin-off creation Superboy, they had 'destroyed' him and 'crushed' his career. He climaxed with a warning in capital letters that he would'd 'wait' them for the remainder of his life,' he said.'I put a curse on you.' After the misfortune suffered by those involved in the character's adaptations, what became known as the 'Superman curse' was coined. Right: The front page of the first ever Superman comic.