Jerry siegel and artist joe shuster6/5/2023 He knew he wanted Lois to be a journalist, and his model was Torchy Blane, a clever, spunky female reporter featured in a series of B-movies in the 1930s, most regularly portrayed by actress Glenda Farrell. Out of all the responses one inquiry seemed legitimate from Joe Shuster, a young Cleveland artist, who with his writer friend Jerry Siegel was developing a potential cartoon strip – and comic book history was made.Īt that point, the character for Lois Lane was already percolating in Siegel’s mind. In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, Joanne took out a classified ad in Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer promoting herself as available for modelling work, albeit with no experience. Classmates and teachers found her first name difficult to pronounce and took to calling her Joanne, which was the name that stuck. Joanne was born Jolan Kovacs in Cleveland, Ohio on 1 December, 1917 to Hungarian immigrant parents. Joanne was not only the inspiration behind fearless reporter Lois Lane, one of the most iconic and influential female comic book characters, but was also the tireless and unrelenting force behind the lawsuit to restore her husband and Joe Shuster’s copyright to Superman. In the world of comics that woman is Joanne Siegel, wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel. The wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel was the real-life model for Lois Lane.Īs the old adage goes, behind every great man, there is a great woman. The amazing story of Joanne Siegel – the super woman who inspired a comic book icon
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