![]() The Superman radio show was an instant hit: “…day after day at 5:15 p.m., just before the dinner hour, millions of children–and many of their parents–tuned in to hear Superman take on his adversaries, swoosh through the sky, plow through mountains, turn back tidal waves, and save Lois Lane from certain death.” ![]() After more than a decade of extreme popularity, the caped crusader appeared on the airwaves. ![]() Yet Superman did not stop at being a comic book hero. Not only did Superman become a legend, the Man of Steel’s success resulted in a bevy of new superheroes both male and female: Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and more. After a slow start (and a number of revisions) young Kal-El’s arrival on Earth heralded a new era in comic book heroes. ![]() Together with artistic Joe Shuster, a fellow high school student, the Glenville, Ohio teen fashioned a refugee from a dying planet. When a shy seventeen-year-old science fiction aficionado named Jerry Siegel envisioned a superhero who would use his incredible powers to protect the weak and right society’s wrongs, he had no way of imagining the astounding success of his creation. ![]()
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