June 7, 2017: Henry Cavill Celebrates Superman's 79th Anniversary
by
Neil Cole
June marks the 79th Anniversary of the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1 and Henry Cavill recently took to Instagram share his insight into the history of the iconic DC Comics character. Here's what he had to say:
Hi Everyone! I've been doing some Super Ruminations because this month is the 79th anniversary of Superman in Action Comics and thought it fitting to pass on this little fact. Who knew eh?? In January 1933, Jerry Siegel wrote a short story titled "The Reign of the Superman", which was illustrated by his friend Joe Shuster and self-published in a science fiction magazine. It told the story of a bald villain with telepathic powers. Trying to create a character they could sell to newspaper syndicates,Siegel re-conceived the "superman" character as a powerful hero, sent to our world from a more advanced society. He and Shuster developed the idea into a comic strip, which they pitched unsuccessfully. National Publications was looking for a hit to accompany their success with Detective Comics, and did not have time to solicit new material. Because of the tight deadline, editor Vin Sullivan was forced to make it out of inventory and stockpile pages. Sullivan asked former coworker Sheldon Mayer if he could help. Mayer found the rejected Superman comic strips, and Sullivan told Siegel and Shuster that if they could paste them into 13 comic book pages, he would buy them. #SuperRuminations #Superman #ActionComics
A post shared by Henry Cavill (@henrycavill) on Jun 5, 2017 at 10:56pm PDT
Cavill will return to the role as the Man of Steel for a third time in the highly anticipated "Justice League" movie which premieres worldwide on November 17th.
