Cartoonist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 9. After his arrival there he met his future partner and friend, Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel. In the 1920s after reading the book, "Gladiator" by Philip Wylie, the story of a mysterious character with superpowers, they came up with the idea to do their own comic strip. They created a strip for their fanzine with Shuster drawing and Siegel writing, featuring a villain, later made into a super-hero. In 1936 they tried unsuccessfully to turn it into a daily comic strip. That same year both of them began working at DC National, later DC Comics, working on "Doctor Occult" "Slam Bradley" and "Radio Squad" comics. In 1938 DC's editor Sheldon Meyer gave them a chance and with a new comic title, and a name for their super-hero, Action Comics and 'Superman' was born. Within the first year of Superman's birth, the comic had become a big success, spanning the cartoon strip in every national newspaper. The two men worked on 'Superman' for many years, but by 1946 they had signed away all their rights. In 1946 they sued DC Comics with the help of lawyer Albert Zugsmith. In 1948 they were awarded royalties, but only on the 'Superboy' character, and not 'Superman.' After the incident they were forced to sign away all future claims to the 'Superman' character. After the incident a bitter Shuster left the comic field. In 1975 after the 'Superman' movie was released, DC Comics was again sued by the men for recognition and royalties. Their names were reinstated on the masthead as the creators and awarded an annual payment of $35,000. In 1992 he died at the age of 78. He was the cousin of comedian Frank Shuster of 'Wayne & Shuster' comedy team fame. Many films, books, and cartoons, television shows, have been made of the 'Superman' character. In 2002 a television show entitled,"Smallville" was also made.