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[[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]] saw their creation, Superman (also known as Kal-El, originally Kal-L), launched in [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]] on April 18, 1938 ([[cover date]]d June),<ref>{{Cite book|last= Muir|first= John Kenneth|title= The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kdMzAQAAIAAJ|access-date=2011-05-31|date= July 2008|location= Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher= [[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=978-0-7864-3755-9|page= 539}}</ref> an event which began the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Wallace|editor-first= Daniel|editor2-last=Dolan|editor2-first=Hannah|chapter= 1930s|title = DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|date=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YPQ9QwAACAAJ|page= 20 |quote = With the launch of ''Action Comics'', Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster finally saw their brainchild in print, and readers responded with rave reviews. Superman became the first comic book mega-star and proved that comics were more than a fad. The Golden Age of Comics was born.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Goulart|first=Ron|title=Comic Book Culture|date= 2000|location= Tigard, Oregon|publisher= Collectors Press|page=43|isbn=978-1-888054-38-5}}</ref> Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publisher for their Superman character—conceived initially as a [[newspaper strip]]. Superman was originally a bald madman created by Siegel and Shuster who used his telepathic abilities to wreak havoc on humanity. He appeared in Siegel and Shuster's bookfanzine ''Science Fiction''.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Gerard | last=Jones | title=Men of Tomorrow | pages=82–84 | publisher= [[Random House|Arrow Books]]| date=July 2006|location= New York, New York| isbn=978-0-09-948706-7}}</ref> Siegel then commented, "What if this Superman was a force for good instead of evil?" The writer and artist had worked on several features for National Allied Publications' other titles such as [[Slam Bradley]] in ''[[Detective Comics]].''<ref>Jones, p. 120.</ref> They were asked to contribute a feature for National's newest publication. They submitted Superman for