The true origin of Superman: he was a villain, then he was from the future
On the new podcast The Comics Code, host Graeme Burk busts the myth about the creation of Superman in 1934. Comics fans have been told time after time the story that Cleveland teenager Jerry Siegel was hit by the sudden inspiration late one night, and ran the final script of Superman as we know him to his artist friend…
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