Publication history of Superman have gone down to his local newsstand and asked a kid, "Why are you reading this one?" pointing to "Action Comics". "Because it's the one that has Superman in it, mister." The revised Superman first appeared in "Action Comics" #1, June 1938. Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the company for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material. The "Saturday Evening Post" reported in 1960 that the pair was being paid $75,000 each per year, still a fraction of DC's Superman profits. In 1964, when Siegel and Shuster sued for more money, DC fired them, prompting
Superman and Lois Lane was killed off by Doomsday in "Superman" #75 (Jan. 1993). After a year of mourning, searching and resurrecting in "The Death and Return of Superman" storyline, Superman returned to the land of the living and the arms of Lois Lane. However, because Clark and Lois on the television series met as strangers when the show debuted in September 1993. DC Comics launched a series of stories designed to keep them apart in the comics, including a broken engagement arc. When Clark and Lois on the television series finally married in October 1996, so did their comic book counterpart in the