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He and siegel were inducted into both the comic book industrys will eisner comic book hall of fame in 1992 and the jack kirby hall of fame in 1993. Superman was first published in october 1935 by the then upstart dc comics. For decades, dc comics has been one of the two largest american comic book companies, along with marvel comics. Superman, national comics publishing canada, superman, simcoe canada, superman, whitman usa close please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. It is the comics publishing branch of dc entertainment, inc. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. The superman character was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster in 1933 before being sold to detective comics, inc. Some superman series are just one issue oneshots and others are longer series, such as adventures of superman. Celebrate superman month historical timeline 1930s to.
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