30 Facts About Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel is the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics.

Jerry Siegel created ten of the earliest members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, one of DC's most popular team books, which is set in the 30th Century.

Jerry Siegel was born on October 17,1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish family.

Jerry Siegel's parents were both Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in 1900, having fled antisemitism in their native Lithuania.

Jerry Siegel's 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 the US.

Jerry Siegel's father was a tailor and owned a clothing store.

On June 2,1932, Jerry Siegel's father was assaulted in his store by a shoplifter and suffered a fatal heart attack.

Jerry Siegel's mother died of a heart attack on August 17,1941.

Jerry Siegel's family moved to the Jewish neighborhood of Glenville in 1928.

Jerry Siegel bought a house in University Heights and a car.

Jerry Siegel was conscripted into the United States Army on June 28,1943.

Jerry Siegel was trained at Fort George G Meade, where he was trained as an "Airplane Engine Mechanic, a Film Editor, Motion Picture Cutter, Public Relations Man or Playwright or Reporter".

Jerry Siegel was posted in Honolulu, where he was assigned a writing job at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes.

Jerry Siegel was discharged on January 21,1946, at the rank of Technician 4th Grade.

Jerry Siegel never found steady work, and fell upon hard times.

Jerry Siegel returned to DC Comics in 1959 at the prompting of his second wife.

Jerry Siegel again fell into hard financial times after this second dismissal, as he was unable to find regular writing work.

Jerry Siegel wrote for his school's weekly newspaper, The Glenville Torch.

Jerry Siegel self-published a fanzine called Science Fiction: The Advance Guard of Future Civilization.

Jerry Siegel's writing career there was interrupted in June 1943 when he was conscripted into the Army, though he continued to receive credit for stories written by ghostwriters.

Jerry Siegel first worked for Marvel in 1963, under the pseudonym "Joe Carter".

Jerry Siegel worked for Archie Comics in 1966, on series including The Fly, The Mighty Crusaders, The Web, and Steel Sterling, all starring characters revived from the 1940s.

Archie canceled its superhero line later that year, and Jerry Siegel was let go.

When Jerry Siegel served in the Army, he was posted in Honolulu, Hawaii and wrote for Stars and Stripes, Midpacifican, and Yank, the Army Weekly, all military publications written by soldiers.

In 1956, Jerry Siegel created two superheroes for Charlton Comics: Mr Muscles and Nature Boy.

Jerry Siegel remained somewhat active in science fiction fandom after starting work for DC.

Jerry Siegel attended Chicon, the 1940 2nd World Science Fiction Convention, and appeared in the convention's masquerade as Clark Kent.

Jerry Siegel was a Jewish woman from his neighborhood of Glenville.

Jerry Siegel died on January 28,1996, of a heart attack.

Jerry Siegel had been suffering from cardiac disease for years, and had a bypass operation.