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 Man of Tomorrow Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Superman: The Man of Tomorrow ("MOT") is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 16 issues from 1995 to 1999, featuring the adventures of Superman. At the time, the four Superman titles ("Action Comics", "The Adventures of Superman", "Superman", and "") were released weekly with an intertwining story. "The Man of Tomorrow" title was created to fill the extra week in months with five weeks. At about this time, however, DC began its fifth week events, disrupting the schedule of "The Man of Tomorrow", and it was subsequently