Saturn Queen, an adversary of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Chameleon Boy, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Phantom Girl, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Lightning Lord, a adversary of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Matter-Eater Lad, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Invisible Kid, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Duplicate Damsel, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Cosmic King, a adversary of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Brainiac 5, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Bouncing Boy, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Superman, a costumed vigilante with superhuman strengthĭuring his second tenure at DC Comics (1959-1966), Siegel created the following characters:.

Spy, serial starring the globe-trotting investigator Bart Regan and his female sidekick Sally Norris.

Doctor Occult, paranormal investigator.

DC Comicsĭuring his first tenure at DC Comics (1935-1943), Siegel created the following characters: Siegel was discharged on January 21, 1946, at the rank of Technician 4th Grade.Īfter the war, Siegel settled in New York, eventually buying a house on Long Island. He was posted in Honolulu, where he was assigned a writing job at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Meade, where he was trained as an 'Airplane Engine Mechanic, a Film Editor, Motion Picture Cutter, Public Relations Man or Playwright (Motion Picture Writer) or Reporter'. Siegel was conscripted into the US Army on June 28, 1943. ArmyĬomic strip written by Jerry Siegel and Ben Bryan, who were at the time, soldiers in the US Army Siegel moved into a house in University Heights and bought himself a car. In March 1938, they sold all rights to Superman to the comic-book publisher Detective Comics, Inc., another forerunner of DC, for $130 ($2,500 when adjusted for inflation). After years of failing to achieve this, Siegel and Shuster agreed to publish Superman in a comic book. Hoping to sell it as a newspaper comic-strip.

They came up with the idea to do their own comic strip. In the summer of 1935, still living in Cleveland, he and Shuster began selling comic-book stories to National Allied Publications, the future DC Comics, in New York. Unable to afford college, he worked various delivery jobs. Siegel graduated high school in June 1934. This was their first known collaboration as writer and artist.

Joseph Shuster provided illustrations for some of Siegel's Goober stories. One of his known works for that newspaper was Goober the Mighty, a parody of Tarzan.

Siegel wrote for his school's weekly newspaper, The Glenville Torch.

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