The following year, Siegel and Shuster initiated the syndicated Superman comic strip. Editor Vin Sullivan chose it as the cover feature for National's Action Comics #1 (June 1938). Later, they reused the name The Superman for a new character, a superpowered hero who stood up for the oppressed.Īfter six years of searching, the first Superman comics were published by National Allied Publications, the primary precursor of DC Comics. The story was not successful, and the character was not used again. In 1933, Siegel and Shuster created a short story titled ' The Reign of the Superman' in which the title character, a bald telepathic villain, was bent on dominating the world. Jerry's mother died of a heart attack on August 17, 1941. On June 2, 1932, Jerry's father was assaulted in his store by a shoplifter and suffered a fatal heart attack. Siegel described his friendship with the similarly shy and bespectacled Shuster: 'When Joe and I first met, it was like the right chemicals coming together.' At about age 16, while at Glenville, he befriended Joe Shuster, with whom he shared a love of science fiction, adventure fiction, and movies. He attended Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio.

Siegel's family moved to the Jewish neighborhood of Glenville in 1928. His father was a tailor and owned a clothing store. Jerry was the last of six children (Isabel, Leo, Minerva, Roslyn, and Harry). His father was born Mikhel Iankel Segalovich and his mother was born Sora Meita Khaikels, but they changed their names to Michael and Sarah Siegel after moving to America. His parents arrived in New York in 1900, having fled anti-Semitism in their native Lithuania.

Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish immigrant family.

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