Also known as
  • Joseph Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-born comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 (March 1938). Joseph Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Jew immigrants. His father Julius, an immigrant from Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands, and his mother Ida, who had come from Kiev in Ukraine, were barely able to make ends meet. As a youngster, Shuster worked as a newspaper boy for the Toronto Daily Star and, as a hobby, he liked to sketch. He had one sister, Jean Peavy. When Joe Shuster was 10, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, eventually becoming naturalized U.S. citizens. In Cleveland, Shuster attended Glenville High School and befriended his later collaborator, writer Jerry Siegel, with whom he began publishing a science fiction fanzine. The duo broke into comics at Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, the... full article at wikipedia

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  • Jul 10, 1914
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  • Jul 30, 1992
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  Film

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  • Dec 15, 1978
  • Dec 4, 1980
  • Jun 17, 1983
  • Jul 24, 1987
  • Jun 28, 2006
  • Nov 28, 2006

  Awards

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  • 1992