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Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster (1914 - 1992) was active/lived in New York, California, Ontario / Canada.  Joe Shuster is known for Cartoons, illustration, comic book artist.

Joe Shuster (1914 - 1992)

Joe Shuster was the comic book illustrator who, with writer Jerry Siegel (1914 - 1996), created the character "Superman".

It debuted June 1, 1938, and is believed by many to be, "The most important comic-book character of the Twentieth Century and the very first superhero…" - Ron Goulart, page 320, Comic Book Encyclopedia. (1)

Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  He lived in the USA from the age of nine; first in Cleveland, Ohio; then New York City; and finally in Los Angeles, California where he died. (2)

His mediums were comic strips*, comic books and graphic novels.  His original art was created with pencil and pen & ink.  His subjects were detectives, spies, adventure, genre*, cityscape, romance, fantasy, science fiction, crime, violence, horror, humor, and superheroes. Some of his other co-creations are Dr. Occult (1935), Federal Man (1936), Slam Bradley (1937), and Funnyman (1948).  His   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 21276 characters.]  Artist bio

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