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Boys of Steel
By Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross MacDonald
Alfred A. Knopf / Random House
2008
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Sydney Taylor Book Award-Notable Book |
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Siegel and Shuster!
Celebrate Superman’s 70th anniversary with this fascinating true story of how he came to be!
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two teenagers in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent than his secret identity. Meek, mild, and myopic, they spent their high school years escaping into fictional worlds of adventure and derring-do with heroes like Flash Gordon and Tarzan. They also made up their own stories—Jerry wrote, Joe illustrated. Then, late on summer night, Jerry had the idea for a hero who was everything they were not . . . and unlike any the world had ever known.
Boys of Steel is the first-ever picture book about how these two unsung heroes created the first and greatest superhero of all time. Marc Tyler Nobleman’s text captures the excitement of Joe and Jerry’s creative triumph as boys and their fight for recognition as men, while Ross MacDonald’s buoyant illustrations bring back to life the thrilling days—and thrill-seeking boys—of yesteryear. Up, up, and away!
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