Superman

by Larry Tye

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  ———. “TV Review: Superman at 50, A Special.” New York Times. February 29, 1988.

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  ———. “Superman Turns into Santa for Two.” Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1975.

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  ———. “Band of Gold for Man of Steel.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. September 6, 1996.

  ———. “Finding a Tribute to Super Creator.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 27, 1996.

  ———. “Flying High with Superman: Sixty Years of Getting the Bad Guy and the Girl.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 18, 1998.

  ———. “Former Clevelander Was a Top Superman Artist in the Early Days.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 26, 1996.

  ———. “It’s a Bird, a Plane, It’s Super Stamp.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 15, 1988.

  ———. “Joanne Siegel Dies, Widow of Superman Co-Creator, Model for Lois Lane.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. February 14, 2011.

  ———. “Journey into Comics: Superman’s Silent Son.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 26, 2005.

  ———. “Siegel & Schuster Relatives Unite at Siegel House.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 13, 2009.

  ———. “Superman Creator Pondering Cameo Appearance on TV.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 17, 1993.

  ———. “Superman Creator, Siegel, 81, Is Dead.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 31, 1996.

  ———. “ ‘Superman’ Creator’s Son Lived and Died in Father’s Shadow.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 26, 2011.

  ———. “Superman Creator’s Widow Seeks Memorial.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. March 9, 1996.

  ———. “Superman Fans Mourn Artist’s Death.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 12, 1996.

  ———. “Superman’s Resurrection Spurs Reader Interest Level.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 28, 1992.

  ———. “ ‘Superman’ Writer an Old Fan.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. August 8, 1998.

  ———. “Widow Wants Local Memorial for Late Superman Creator.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. March 9, 1996.

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  ———. “Goober the Mighty Discovers Countless Foes in Wilderness.” Glenville Torch. May 7, 1931.

  ———. “How Superman Would End the War.” Look. Februa
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  ———. “Jerry Siegel Tells Why His Superman Won’t End the War.” Midpacifican. August 26, 1944.

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  ———. “Ordinary Mortals Not Up to the Superman Dream.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 25, 1988.

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  ———. “Superman II Ready for Flight.” July 1979.

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  ———. “Bye Bye Brett.” Entertainment Weekly. March 20, 2003.

  ———. “Cape Squad.” Entertainment Weekly. July 9, 2002.

  ———. “McG Whiz.” Entertainment Weekly. June 5, 2002.

  ———. “Tales from the Kryptonite.” Entertainment Weekly. January 31, 2003.

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  ———. “Here Comes Superman!!!” November 27, 1978.

  ———. “Jungle Sam.” December 1, 1952.

  ———. “Man and Superman.” January 5, 1976.

  ———. “Miscellany.” August 10, 1942.

  ———. “Most Intimate Problem.” October 24, 1949.

  ———. “Mystery of a Falling Star.” May 6, 1996.

  ———. “Names Make News.” June 11, 1956.

  ———. “The New Pictures.” July 6, 1942.

  ———. “No Joke, Superman!” October 19, 1981.

  ———. “Not So Funny.” October 4, 1948.

  ———. “Onward and Upward with the New Superman.” August 1, 1977.

  ———. “Paperback Godfather.” August 28, 1978.

  ———. “Paper Cutups.” April 8, 1966.

  ———. “The Press: Superman Adopted.” May 31, 1948.

  ———. “Radio: H-O Superman.” February 26, 1940.

  ———. “Superman.” September 11, 1939.

  ———. “Superman in the Flesh.” September 14, 1942.

  ———. “Superman Jolted.” August 20, 1945.

  ———. “Superman’s Dilemma.” April 13, 1942.

  ———. “Superman Stymied.” March 11, 1940.

  ———. “Superman vs. Supersub.” October 11, 1993.

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  ———. “Superman’s Creators Get Lifetime Pay.” New York Times. December 24, 1975.

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  ———. “ ‘Superman II’ Flies High, Setting Box-Office Record.” June 22, 1981.

  ———. “Superman Death Issue to Go to Second Printing.” November 20, 1992.

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  ———. “A High-Priced Comic Book.” June 24, 1974.

  ———. “All’s Well in Britain Now—Admiralty Enlists Superman.” September 29, 1941.

  ———. “Boy Kills Self Showing Chum Gun Roulette.” July 6, 1947.

  ———. “Bye-Bye ‘Batman’.” October 2, 1973.

  ———. “Children in Wartime.” January 19, 1942.

  ———. “Deaths Elsewhere.” March 17, 1999.

  ———. “He Says If Superman Can Do It Why Can’t He?” April 14, 1940.

  ———. “It’s a Bird, a Plane—a Happy Ending.” December 27, 1975.

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  ———. “Reeves, ‘Superman’ on TV, Kills Self 3 Days Before Scheduled Marriage.” June 17, 1959.

  ———. “Superman Emulation Puts Boy in Hospital.” September 19, 1953.

  ———. “Superman Rescues His Creator from Florida Jail.” December 31, 1940.

  ———. “Superman’s Creator Now Pvt. Siegel.” August 14, 1943.

  ———. “ ‘Superman II’ Smashes Records, 3-Day Gross Tops $14 Million.” June 22, 1981.

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  ———. “Tree Traps Boy.” December 9, 1951.

  ———. “Window Leaper Finds He’s Not Superman.” April 23, 1954.

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