They included a lot of things that had happened in Ohio’s history such as the mine accident in Athens, Ohio on November 5, 1930. One of the reasons for the early success of Superman was how Jerry wrote about real issues that affected everyday people. In the end Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to everything connected to Superman to Action Comics for a total of $130. Since it was a new format they could pay their creators less money because it was such a new format. Originally the plan was for Superman to premier in a newspaper comic strip, but Maxwell Charles “M.C.” Gaines pushed to put the comic in a magazine lie format. By this time Siegel and Shuster already had a following from newspaper comics they wrote. After trying to push someone to take Superman on, Detective Comics finally picked up the title. Besides, there were already two big sci-fi titles to compete with, Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers. The pair worked hard to get people to pick up the Superman comic, but the publishing companies did not find Superman with rockets to be relatable. They also made Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent, a reporter, which was a dream Siegel held as a child. Joanne recalled watching Joe draw sketches of Jerry with his hands on his hips. The appearance of Superman was inspired by Siegel himself. It is reported the earliest sketches show Superman saving a man at gunpoint that looked a lot like his father. Siegel’s father died of a heart attack in 1932 during a robbery at the family clothing store. It was never said aloud, but Joanne Siegel, the model who served as the visual inspiration for the original Lois Lane (and Jerry’s wife), always thought that the death of Siegel’s father had a lot to do with the creation of Superman.
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