“You just have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be, Clark. Whoever that man is, he's going to change the world.”

No one could have imagined just how much he would change the world. Certainly not Superman’s creators. Writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster were just a couple of kids with an interest in reading. So says Marc Tyler Nobleman, a long-time Superman fan and author of the book “Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman.” His book tells the story of how Superman came to life.

“Well it was two young guys. They were in high school at the time in Cleveland Ohio. The writer was Jerry Siegel. The artist was Joe Shuster. And they were best friends. And they were -- I hate to use a label -- but they were geeks before the word existed and they would have been the first to say that. They were very, very interested in science fiction and adventure stories. They were not athletic. They were not extroverted. But it was when they got the chance to read and tell stories that they came alive and they really felt that they were in their element. And it’s hard for us to understand how radical and how original Superman was when he debuted. But it really was something new and he is considered the world’s first superhero.”

Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, which was destroyed right after his parents launched him to earth.

“He'll be an outcast. They'll kill him.”