Superman was invented from a tragic tale
August 27, 2008
It was a secret that the men who created Superman kept close to their chest for six decades and eventually took to their graves. For all that time artist Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel let people think that they dreamed up the bullet-proof flying avenger as a way of attracting girls since they were a pair of amateur youths at the time. But now the comic world is abuzz with a new tragic tale…
‘Superman’ was the invention of teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1930’s. They were studying at Ohio High School when they wanted to do something amazing to impress the girls. This led to the belief that it was the inspiration behind the creation of our superhero “the Superman.” Now it appears that the presumption may be wrong, as it appears that personal tragedy, rather than desire to impress their peers, could be the real reason behind Superman’s birth.
Jerry Siegel’s father, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, was residing at Cleveland. On June 2, 1932, a night time robbery at his second hand clothes store resulted in Mitchell’s (Jerry’s father) death. Even though gunshots were heard, Siegel’s family and the coroner said the death was due to a heart attack. According to Brad Meltzer, the best selling author’s theory, it is the sudden loss of his father that resulted in pushing a distraught 17-year old to invent a bullet-proof super-being to avenge evil and fight for justice.
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