Superman the offer. Siegel and Shuster submitted their work in late February and were paid $130 (AFI $) for those 13 pages. In early March they signed a contract (at Liebowitz's request) in which they released the copyright for Superman to Detective Comics, Inc. This was normal practice in the business, and Siegel and Shuster had given away the copyrights to their previous works as well. Superman was finally published on April 18, 1938, in the first issue of "Action Comics". The magazine sold very well, and feedback from readers showed it was because of Superman. Siegel and Shuster read pulp
The Superman Family The Superman Family The Superman Family was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1974 to 1982 featuring supporting characters in the "Superman" comics. The term "Superman Family" is often used to refer to the extended cast of characters of comics books associated with Superman. A similarly titled series Superman Family Adventures was launched in 2012. "The Superman Family" was an amalgamation of the titles "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane", "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen", and "Supergirl". The first issue, #164, took its numbering from "Jimmy Olsen", which had reached issue #163 and thus had the most issues