Dan Gorman
Uploaded by Ohio Center for the Book at CPL
Superman's Cleveland
When: Tue., Sept. 19, 6-7 p.m. 2023
Dr. Dennis Dooley, co-author of Superman at Fifty: The Persistence of a Legend, will recount the story of his groundbreaking research on Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster's Glenville High School. Dr. Dooley was arguably the first to identify individual classmates who inspired the characters of Clark Kent and Lois Lane as well as several sources of inspiration for the character of Superman. His research was acknowledged in a 1988 TIME Magazine cover story. Join us for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Cleveland’s hometown superhero! Part of the Superman’s Cleveland: Lineage and Legacy series of events: https://www.supermanscleveland.com/