The young writer’s co-conspirator: Another Jewish boy named Joe Shuster, a budding artist with vision problems. Siegel is “devastated” when his father dies during a robbery at his clothing store. Growing up in Cleveland, he is taunted in school and tortured at recess. The story begins with introverted writer Jerry Siegel, son of Jewish immigrants. Our longest-lasting champion,” Tye writes, “offers a singular lens into our deep-rooted fears and our enduring hopes.” “The fact that he is ethereal lets us fill in our image of Superman from our own imaginations. His hypothesis is that each generation of writers, artists, readers, and viewers has shaped him to fit their image and applied him to the challenges of their times. In “Superman,” he sets his sites on Supes’s longevity. Tye is the author of a half-dozen books his last was “Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend” about the Negro League baseball hero Satchel Paige. Christopher Reeve was one of the actors who played Superman who suffered a premature, tragic death.
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