Joe Shuster

(July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992)

Joseph "Joe" Shuster was the comic book artist who co-created Superman with Jerry Siegel, a high-school classmate, in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938). Before that, in 1932, he and Siegel published a mimeographed fanzine named Science Fiction in Cleveland.

Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman character. His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-1970s Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness.

He and Siegel were inducted (Shuster posthumously) into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.

In 2005, the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association instituted the Joe Shuster Awards, named to honor the Canada-born artist.

Loncon 3 in 2014 presented a Special Committee Award to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in recognition of the first published appearance of Superman.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1992 — Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
• 1993 — Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
• 2014 — Loncon 3 Special Committee Award
• 2020 — 1945 Best Graphic Story or Comic Retro Hugo

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1915—1992

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