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Joe Shuster

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

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 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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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Joe Shuster available:    Artist Unknown,  Alex (Nelson Alexander) Ross,  George Perez,  Steve Ditko,  John Byrne,  Johnny (John T) Craig,  Murphy Anderson,  Al (Alfonso) Williamson,  Barry Windsor-Smith,  Carmine Infantino,  John Romita Sr,  Neal Adams,  Ernie Chan,  Russ (Russell) DeHart Heath Jr,  Sal Buscema,  Gil Kane,  Jack Kirby,  Charles Clarence Beck,  Ross Andru,  Sheldon Moldoff,  Gene Colan,  Don Heck,  Bernie Albert (Berni) Wrightson,  Wally Wood



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10 Book References for Joe Shuster
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Goulart, Ron Comic Book Encyclopedia 378 Yes
1998 Jackson, Professor Kenneth T. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volumes 1-5 Notable Americans Who Died Between 1981 and 1999 0 Yes
1990 Goulart, Ron (Editor) The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present 408 Yes
1987 Hogan, Sean The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told 338 Yes
1983 Gibson, Arrell Morgan The Santa Fe and Taos Colonies Age of The Muses, 1900-1942 305 No
1975 Goulart, Ron The Adventurous Decade Comic Strips in the Thirties 224 No
1973 Sheridan, Martin Classic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists 304 No
1959 Becker, Stephen Comic Art in America 387 No
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