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.


"Happy Anniversary, Superman!" (1983)

Jerry Siegel Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...