Quote #3

In the January, 1933 issue of 'SCIENCE FICTION' appeared a story I had written in 1932 entitled, 'The Reign of the Superman.' I used the pseudonym 'Herbert S. Fine' which combined the name of a cousin of mine together with my mother's maiden name. After the publication of 'Reign of the Superman', it occurred to me that a different version of Superman could be the basis of an extremely powerful and successful comic book. And so I originated, together with Joe Shuster, the comic book 'THE SUPERMAN', back in 1933.

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