As a science fiction fan, I have long been very familiar with the various themes in the field. The superman theme has been one of them ever since Samson and Hercules. I just sat down and wrote a story of that type - only in this first story, the Superman was a villain. A couple of months after I published this story, it occurred to me that a Superman as a hero rather than as a villain might make a great comic strip character in the vein of Tarzan, only more super and sensational than that great character. Joe and I drew it up as a comic book.

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. …

Clark Kent grew not only out of my private life, but also out of Joe Shuster's. As a high school student, I thought that someday I might become a reporter, and…

Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.

The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of 'Buffy: The Movie' was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror…

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for…

Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.