Author Leads Fight to Save House Where Superman Was Invented

508 views · Published 7 October 2008 · 2:19 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics

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Seventy years ago, a new character emerged on the American scene. It was Superman. He was, we were told, "faster than a speeding bullet... Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" He caught on fast with the American public. Now the story behind Superman's creation has inspired novelist Brad Meltzer and launched a movement to save the house where Superman was created. Susan Logue reports.

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