Everyone knows Superman, but not everyone knows the secret origins of this American legend. Based on archival material and original sources, writer Julian Voloj and artist Thomas Campi tell the story of the friendship between illustrator Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel, who thought they had achieved their dream of creating a world-famous character. The young, inexperienced pair expected to get rich--instead, they made a deal they would ultimately regret. Told from Shuster's perspective, this fascinating graphic novel about geeks and gangsters puts Superman's creation into the wider context of the American comic-book history.