The Reign of the Superman name "Herbert S. Fine", combining the first name of a cousin with his mother's maiden name. The term "Superman" derives from a common English translation of the term "Übermensch", which originated with Friedrich Nietzsche's statement, ""Ich lehre euch den Übermenschen"" ("I will teach you all the Superman"), in his 1883 work "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". The term "Superman" was popularized by George Bernard Shaw with his 1903 play "Man and Superman". The character Jane Porter refers to Tarzan as a "superman" in the 1912 pulp novel "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Siegel would later name Tarzan as
The Reign of the Superman the same powers, Dunn cannot recreate the secret formula. As the story ends, Dunn's powers wear off and he realizes he will be returning to the bread line to be a forgotten man once more. Siegel reconceived the character in 1933, as a hero bearing little resemblance to his villainous namesake. When he saw the 48-page black-and-white comic book titled "Detective Dan, Secret Operative No. 48", he decided that a Superman who was a hero could make a great comic character. He wrote a crime story which Shuster drew in comic format. Titling it ""The Superman"", they offered it to