Wheeler-Johnson was commissioned a major in World War I. “Still, he couldn’t fly, and he didn’t have a costume.” Slam BradleyĪctually the concept of Slam Bradley, including the name, is credited to Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, an avid horse rider and one of the youngest cadets to join the US Calvary in 1917 at the age of 27. “Jerry came up with the idea of a man of action with a sense of humor,” Shuster relates.
So they drew up another character named Slam Bradley. But they weren’t sure how to make the transition. “The Superman theme has been one of the themes ever since Samson and Hercules and I just sat down and wrote a story of that type – only in this story, the Superman was a villain,” Siegel later explained in an interview.Įventually the two friends decided Superman would be better as a good guy. The “Superman” or title character of their story was a bad guy with a bald head and telepathic powers. In January of 1933, a short story titled “The Reign of the Super-Man.” appeared in a science fiction fanzine created by two teenagers at the time, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel.
Posted on FebruUpdated on October 15, 2019 Slam Bradley and the Evolution of Superman
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