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Boys of Steel

by Marc Tyler Nobleman (Knopf, 2008)
Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman

Meet the boys who created Superman! Back in the 1930s, writer Jerry
Siegel and artist Joe Shuster were shy high-school students when they
got together and started writing stories about the kind of superhero
they wanted to read about--strong, good, and just pretending to be a shy
ordinary person. Their creation, Superman, started a new age in
costumed superheros. This book tells their true story, illustrated in
the style of their comics.  The big red "S" stands for "Superman"--and
also for Siegel and Shuster.