Jerry Siegel continued to write the character, but due to his failing eyesight co-creator Joe Shuster was no longer a primary artist after the second year.
Siegel & Shuster’s Superman in Action Comics and Superman (1938-1940).Īfter premiering in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the original incarnation of Superman was relatively short-lived. While a complete list of key works might number into the hundreds, I’m imposing practical limits, selecting only four works from each of the six Code-defined historical periods. When an ongoing comic book title changes authors, it also changes texts. While a comics text might include anything from a single comic strip to a collected comic book series to a graphic novel created and published as a single work, I define and so divide texts according to authorship, usually writer-artist collaborations on a single series. Some works listed here are historically significant to the genre, some are individually excellent, and some are both.
In terms of genre, a work’s influence on other creators is as noteworthy as its merits judged individually.
While there is no definitive canon for superhero comics, I’m working on a chapter for my forthcoming book that presents a list of “key works.” I’m defining “key” by a variety of elements including aesthetic quality, historical impact, and medium innovation.
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