This is one of my favorite blog posts from my Cleveland adventure, because Superman is one of the main reasons I visited the city. Superman was created by two Cleveland area high school boys in the late 1930s. On my city tour, I learned about the exhibit in the library and it was awesome! There's a large statue of Superman on the second floor of the library that serves as a starting place. Today's blog has all the photos of the extensive exhibit!!
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT - The Cleveland Public Library has a huge Superman exhibit on the second floor. Exhibits feature memorabilia including art, movie and television posters, toys, comics and artifacts from the Mike Curtis Collection of Superman Memorabilia and other prominent collectors.
For more information, contact the Literature Department: 216-623-2881 or Literature@cpl.org
Two young men in Cleveland, Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) and Joe Shuster (1914-1992), created Superman in 1933. Siegel and Shuster each lived with their Jewish immigrant parents in the working-class Glenville neighborhood in Cleveland. Siegel initially conceived of Superman, and Shuster brought the character to life through sketches, sometimes drawing his creations on brown wrapping paper or the back of wallpaper. The two friends drafted the first Superman comics in Siegel’s childhood home in Glenville. After struggling to promote Superman for several years, Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to DC Comics in 1938 for $130, an amount that would be equivalent to just over $2,000 in 2017.SOME FAVORITE EXHIBITS- There was a copy of the cover of Action Comics #1 from June 1938, the debut of Superman. A poster of Henry Cavill urging kids to read (he played Superman in the Man of Steel and Justice League Films of the 2020s). There was a poster from the 1950s TV show pilot with George Reeves as Superman in "Superman and the Mole men."
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