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Joe Shuster

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JOE SHUSTER

Active: 1935–1975

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AS WRITER

115

AS ARTIST

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KEY ISSUES

12

SERIES

Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Detective Comics #27 cover

Detective Comics

#27

First appearances of Batman and James Gordon.

Action Comics #1 cover

Action Comics

#1

First appearance of Superman (Kal-L). First appearance of Lois Lane. Earliest catalogued appearances of Zatara, Tex Thompson, George Taylor, and 3 more.

Superman #13 cover

Superman

#13

Earliest catalogued appearance of Jimmy Olsen.

Action Comics #23 cover

Action Comics

#23

First appearance of Lex Luthor. Earliest catalogued appearance of Black Pirate.

Superman #7 cover

Superman

#7

First appearance of Perry White.

Superman #1 cover

Superman

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Martha Kent and Jonathan Kent.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Jerry Siegel 57 issues togetherSven Elven 55 issues togetherHomer Fleming 51 issues togetherTom Hickey 50 issues togetherRussell Cole 41 issues togetherWill Ely 41 issues togetherFred Guardineer 39 issues togetherCreig Flessel 35 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanLois LaneBart ReganSlam BradleyBruce NelsonShorty MorganSpeed SaundersSally NorrisZataraGeorge Taylor

Credits

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18 ISSUES

Action Comics #1 cover
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Action Comics

#1

Action Comics #2 cover
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Action Comics

#2

Action Comics #23 cover
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Action Comics

#23

Adventure Comics #32 cover
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Adventure Comics

#32

Adventure Comics #40 cover
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Adventure Comics

#40

Detective Comics #1 cover

Detective Comics

#1

Detective Comics #20 cover
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Detective Comics

#20

Detective Comics #27 cover
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Detective Comics

#27

Detective Comics #31 cover

Detective Comics

#31

Detective Comics #32 cover

Detective Comics

#32

More Fun Comics #101 cover
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More Fun Comics

#101

More Fun Comics #12 cover
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More Fun Comics

#12

New Fun #6 cover
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New Fun

#6

Superman #1 cover
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Superman

#1

Superman #13 cover
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Superman

#13

Superman #26 cover
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Superman

#26

Superman #7 cover

Superman

#7

World's Finest Comics #15 cover

World's Finest Comics

#15