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Superman

Jerry Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) and Joe Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992), co-creators the DC Comics character Superman both attended Glenville, with Siegel working for the weekly student newspaper, The Torch in which he published the Tarzan parody, Goober the Mighty. Siegel and Shuster together also published what may have been the first SF fanzine, Cosmic Stories. Superman, has since gone on to become one of the most recognized fictional characters of the 20th century.

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Famous quotes containing the word superman:

    It’s men like you that make it difficult for people to understand one another.
    —Richard Fielding. Lee Sholem. Superman (George Reeves)

    “All the gods are dead: now we want the superman to live”Mon that great noon, let this be our last will.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    The superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the superman is to be the meaning of the earth! I beseech you, my brothers, be true to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes! They are poisoners, whether they know it or not.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)