By signing a release form when they sold their strips to Donnenfeld, Siegel and Shuster had lost all rights to their character and perforce agreed to work exclusively for Donnenfeld for 10 years at $35 per page and half the net profit. With Superman appearing everywhere, his creators slipped into obscurity and poverty. Superman also took center stage in the 1966 Broadway musical It's a Bird. The great popularity of the character soon led to Superman magazine, a syndicated newspaper comic strip (1939-67), a show on the Mutual Radio Network, animated cartoons (1941-67), a 15-episode movie serial (1948), 2 feature films (1951), and a 104-episode television series in the 1950s. In 1938 publisher Harry Donnenfeld paid $135 for their Superman strips, which first appeared in the premier issue of Action Comics in June 1938. Together they entered the new comic book business in 1936, not with their Superman character but by writing and drawing other adventure strips for New Fun Comics, Inc. His collaborator, Toronto native Joe Shuster (10 July 1914-30 July 1992), worked up the initial drawings for the comic. 1914) was writing for the school newspaper, the Glenville Torch, when he created the Superman character.

Native Clevelander Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel (b. Their creation became known worldwide, inspired numerous imitation superheroes, and brought fortune to many, but Siegel and Shuster enjoyed none of that fortune between 1949-75. SUPERMAN, the popular comic book superhero, was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1933 while both attended GLENVILLE High School.

Jerry siegel et joe shuster