| | [[Image:ARoss Superman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Superman'', by Alex Ross]] | | [[Image:ARoss Superman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Superman'', by Alex Ross]] |
| − | '''Superman''' is a fictional character created in the mid-1930s by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and currently published by DC Comics under a variety of titles. The first comic book superhero, Superman spawed a pantheon of other similar characters, and a comics industry in which Superman alone was selling at well over a million copies as early as 1942;<ref>[http://www.nostalgiazone.com/doc/zine/05_Q1/funnybusiness.htm Nostalgiazone.com]</ref> he would later star in books, radio, animation, television, and film. Superman is seen as a symbol of America, reflected in his red and blue costume and marketing material describing his mission as the protector of "truth, justice, and the American way". | + | '''Superman''' is a fictional character created in the mid-1930s by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and currently published by DC Comics under a variety of titles. The first comic book superhero, Superman spawed a pantheon of other similar characters, and a comics industry in which Superman alone was selling at well over a million copies as early as 1942;<ref>[http://www.nostalgiazone.com/doc/zine/05_Q1/funnybusiness.htm Nostalgiazone.com]</ref> he would later star in books, radio, animation, television, and film. Superman is seen as a symbol of America, reflected in his red and blue costume and marketing material describing his mission as the protector of "truth, justice, and the American way." |