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: The Wedding Album Superman: The Wedding Album Superman: The Wedding Album is an American comic book published in 1996 by DC Comics. It is notable in that it features the long-awaited wedding of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane in DC Comics continuity, an event that was nearly 60 years in the making. Bearing a cover date of December 1996, the issue was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series "" which also featured the wedding of the two characters. The story was written by the five principal writers for the "Superman" titles at the