When the Superman character was celebrating the 75th anniversary in 2013, Dragonfly books issued a special short illustrated book about his creators, Jerry Shuster and Joe Siegel.
The book was actually published 5 years in advance, in 2008 and is 11" by 8" wide, so it's a large illustrated book! It's called "Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman." It was written by Marc Tayler Nobleman and illustrated by Ross McDonald.
It provides a nicely illustrated story of the two high school friends in Ohio, who created Superman and pitched their comic strip to newspapers. You'll learn about what happened to the character and how Superman "took off!"
At the end of the book, you'll read about how the estates of the creators reclaimed rights to the Superman character (they sold the rights off for $130 in the 1940s). Now their names appear in every Superman comic.
I highly recommend this for all fans of Superman!
BONUS! This 2 minute video was created for the 2013 seventy fifth anniversary of Superman - and it gives a quick run through his entire history in comics, tv and movies:
From the creative minds of Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) and Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this short follows Superman through the years, from his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1 to Henry Cavill in this year's Man of Steel...all in two minutes!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ebXB0lBoaQ0
