Eighty years after his debut in Action Comics #1, dated June 1938, Superman is still an American cultural icon, the hero of reference and the undisputed star of DC Comics. A year later, DC Comics gave the Man of Steel his own book, and introduced another formidable hero: Batman. This summer, on the heels of a “Man of Steel” mini-series, DC Comics will reboot the standalone “Superman” series. His two creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were Jewish high school students when they first came up with the idea for Superman. More recently, Superman wanted to surrender his American nationality in protest at the government, which he felt had betrayed him.

Source: Manila Times June 01, 2018 11:03 UTC