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The one and only Betty Boop Snow white cartoon came out the same day as the now Trans visibility day.

85 years ago today Action Comics #1 writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster introduced the world to Superman, and a legend was born!

There was something about that cover - a costumed man holding a car over his head while smashing it on a rock - that grabbed the public’s imagination and wouldn’t let it go.

Superman became so popular that within a year he had his own self-titled comic book and a daily newspaper strip.  A year later he became the star of a long-running radio serial.

Since then Superman has been featured in films, television series, animated series and films, and even a Broadway musical.  He has starred and guest-starred in thousands of comic books.

Superman is known in every corner of the world, and his S shield is instantly recognizable anywhere.

There have been a lot of changes to Superman and his mythos over the last 85 years (e.g. his now married and has a son), and many highs and lows (i.e. electric Superman, the mullet).  I’m sure there will be many, many more in the years to come.

But even at 85 years old, Superman is still going strong and remains my favorite fictional character.  I look forward to seeing what’s coming up for him next.  I especially hope to stick around long enough to see what happens in 10 years when Superman and Lois Lane (or at least the version of them that appeared in Action Comics #1) enter the public domain.  Those will be interesting times.