Superman "Superman", and released in 1979 for the Atari 2600. The last game centered on Superman was "Superman Returns" (adapted from the movie) in 2006. Superman has, however, appeared in more recent games starring the Justice League, such as "Injustice 2" (2017). In a contract dated 1 March 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster released the copyright to Superman to their employer, DC Comics (then known as Detective Comics, Inc.) prior to Superman's first publication in April. This was normal practice in the comic magazine industry and they had done the same with their previous published works (Slam Bradley, Doctor Occult,
The Death of Superman of Steel" #1 became the bestselling comic book issue of 1986. Byrne also wrote and illustrated "Action Comics", and scripted "The Adventures of Superman" with artist Jerry Ordway after the previous writer Marv Wolfman left. Under Byrne, a new Superman comic was released every week and each series maintained continuity with each other. He spent two years on the Superman comics before leaving in 1988, becoming dissatisfied with DC's lack of "conscious support" for him and that the version of the character which DC licensed for merchandising contradicted Byrne's representation of him in comics. As a result of Byrne's departure,