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They pitched a number of comic strip ideas to newspaper syndicates but found no success. In 1934, Siegel — inspired by the heroism of Flash Gordon and Zorro, revived his Superman idea.

Superman was created by Cleveland teens Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster The character Superman (and alter ego Clark Kent) debuted in the first issue of Action Comics, dated June 1938.