Joseph Shuster was born in Toronto to a Jewish family. In 2005, the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association instituted the Joe Shuster Awards, named to honor the Canada-born artist. He and Siegel were inducted into both the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-1970s, Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness. Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman character. Joseph Shuster ( / ˈ ʃ uː s t ər/ SHOO-stər J– July 30, 1992), professionally known simply as Joe Shuster, was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 ( cover-dated June 1938). Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame, 2005
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