In a previous blog, I took you to the boyhood home of Superman Co-creator and writer Jerry Siegel. In today's blog, I visited his friend Joe Shuster's boyhood home. Joe was the guy who illustrated Superman from his creation with Jerry, and for decades. Here's the story:
ABOUT JOE - Joe Shuster was best friends with neighborhood buddy and high school classmate Jerry Siegel. When Jerry concocted the idea of Superman in 1932, it was Joe who drew him.
(Photos: Reproductions of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, surround the empty lot where Joe Shuster's boyhood apartment stood in the 1930s).
THE LOCATION - The apartment house where the Shuster family lived is now a vacant lot, but the fence around it has been hung with 2x3-foot metal panels that reproduce the cover and first 13 pages of Action Comics #1, the first Superman story, which was published on April 18, 1938. The neighborhood isn't the safest area, but it is certainly worth the trip for any Superman fan.
STREET SIGNS - The street signs for the neighborhood feature the Superman insignia and an honorary name paired with the actual name of each street. You can stand at the corner of Joe Shuster Lane and Lois Lane. (known as Amor Avenue and Parkwood Lane)
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