Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Inspiration for Superman


In 1932, Mitchell Siegel, a Lithuanian immigrant working in his store in Cleveland died during a robbery. He was 60 years old. 1 year later his son Jerry created the comic book hero Superman. Many theories suggest that Jerry Siegel and his friend Joel Shuster created the character because of their frustration with the crime of the great depression. Wishing for a "Superman" to solve the world's problems.

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