Joe Shuster

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Joe Shuster

American artist

Also known as: Joseph Shuster

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- comic strip
  The United States
  …Siegel (scenario or text) and Joe Shuster (art); it was soon syndicated and transposed to other media. The Superman formula of the hero who transcends all physical and social laws to punish the wicked was widely imitated. The animated cartoon animals of Walt Disney also took root in the comic…
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  …Siegel (scenario or text) and Joe Shuster (art); it was soon syndicated and transposed to other media. The Superman formula of the hero who transcends all physical and social laws to punish the wicked was widely imitated. The animated cartoon animals of Walt Disney also took root in the comic…
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- superhero
  The birth of the superhero
  …writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, had unsuccessfully tried to sell the series to newspaper syndicates as a daily strip. DC then took an enormous risk in 1938 by publishing the untried character, but Action #1 sold beyond all expectations. Superman perfectly personified the superhero as defined today: a…
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  …writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, had unsuccessfully tried to sell the series to newspaper syndicates as a daily strip. DC then took an enormous risk in 1938 by publishing the untried character, but Action #1 sold beyond all expectations. Superman perfectly personified the superhero as defined today: a…
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