Author:
Brad Ricca
Stars:
4
Review by: Mandy Apgar
Combining stories of Moses, Tarzan, Jesse Owens and others, Cleveland teens Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman. More so a biography of the pair, which is more than well deserved, reflected through their struggles with their creation. Selling the character for $130 under a cloudy agreement, the two were left destitute at times while DC Comics and others in charge reaped massive benefits. I have sold comics for nearly 26 years and no two other figures have gotten the shaft as much as these. Although Superman is not nearly the world's most popular character, he is the most iconic probably, and the book's greatest strength is when it details their fight to be recognized and just plain survive. What keeps it from being a 5 is a final chapter on concerned parties and how they relate to the ongoing legal issues surrounding ownership, it doesn't mesh well. You have the two eventually passing after so long and then it hits a wall almost.
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