<P> The revised Superman first appeared in Action Comics # 1 , June 1938 . Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the company for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material . The Saturday Evening Post reported in 1960 that the pair was being paid $75,000 each per year , still a fraction of DC 's Superman profits . In 1964 , when Siegel and Shuster sued for more money , DC fired them , prompting a legal battle that ended in 1967 , when they accepted $200,000 and signed away any further claim to Superman or any character created from him . DC soon took Siegel 's and Shuster 's names off the byline . Following the huge financial success of Superman in 1978 and news reports of their pauper - like existences , Warner Communications gave Siegel and Shuster lifetime pensions of $35,000 per year and health care benefits . In addition , any media production which includes the Superman character must include the credit , `` Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster '' . </P>
<P> The revised Superman first appeared in Action Comics # 1 , June 1938 . Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the company for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material . The Saturday Evening Post reported in 1960 that the pair was being paid $75,000 each per year , still a fraction of DC 's Superman profits . In 1964 , when Siegel and Shuster sued for more money , DC fired them , prompting a legal battle that ended in 1967 , when they accepted $200,000 and signed away any further claim to Superman or any character created from him . DC soon took Siegel 's and Shuster 's names off the byline . Following the huge financial success of Superman in 1978 and news reports of their pauper - like existences , Warner Communications gave Siegel and Shuster lifetime pensions of $35,000 per year and health care benefits . In addition , any media production which includes the Superman character must include the credit , `` Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster '' . </P>
when was the first superman comic book published
when was the first superman comic book published
June 1938
June 1938