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Joe Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist born in Toronto on the 10th of July, 1914. He co-created Superman with writer Jerry Siegel, and the character first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938.
Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to Superman for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material when Action Comics #1 was published in 1938.
Shuster modeled Superman's physical appearance on actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Clark Kent was based on a combination of Harold Lloyd and Shuster himself, with the name drawn from actors Clark Gable and Kent Taylor.
No. Their 1946 lawsuit was rejected by the New York State Supreme Court in 1947, which ruled that Detective Comics, Inc. had validly purchased all rights to the character. A second lawsuit filed in 1967 also failed.
Warner Communications, DC's parent company, granted Siegel and Shuster a lifetime pension of $20,000 a year, later increased to $30,000, plus health benefits. The restored byline first appeared in Superman #302 in August 1976.
Shuster was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. The Joe Shuster Awards, recognizing Canadian comic book creators, were established in 2005, and streets in both Toronto and Cleveland bear his name.