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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Siegel was a fan of science fiction & fantasy, who in 1929 published a fanzine, sometimes called the first sci-fi fanzine. He published several other booklets over the next few years.

He and artist friend Joe Shuster created Superman, partly out of myths like Hercules and Philip Wylie's 1932 novel Gladiator, and used the character in short stories and a 1932 comic strip. In 1938 they managed to sell it to DC Comics, which put Superman on the first cover of Action Comics in JuneJune is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. Events in June The solstice occurs around the 21st of this month, although it may occur on either the 20 or 22. It is t 1938.

In 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar the pair had a contract dispute with DC over rights to Superman, and after a two-year fight relinquished claim to the character in return for about $200,000.

Siegel became comic art director for Ziff-Davis Company in the 1950s but eventually left the business.

In 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the he worked for the Western PublishingThis is a page about the company Western Publishing. If you are looking for publishing in the western world, see publishing. Western Publishing is a big company that used to print comic books. For a long period their main printing plant (now torn down) wa: he writes, with Carl BarksCarl Barks ( March 27, 1901 August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck and the Beagle Boys. The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him t, the stories of the Junior Woodchucks' comic book and in 1972 he worked for Mondadori Editore on the italian comic book Topolino, the local Disney's publication.

In 1975, the pair again sued DC Comics over Superman rights and received $35,000 a year each for the rest of their lives.