Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing.

Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10 1914 – July 30 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist. Although the duo received an encouraging letter Consolidated never again publiJoe Shusterd comic books. Shuster modeled the hero on Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman with writer Jerry Siegel first publiJoe Shusterd in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). In 2005 the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association instituted the Joe Shuster Awards named to honor the Canada-born artist.