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March 26, 2008: Jerry Siegel Interview from 1975

In 1975 Murray Bishoff and Alan Light (founder of Comics Buyer's Guide) interviewed Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel at the San Diego Comic Convention. Joining Jerry for the interview were his wife Joanne (original model for Lois Lane) and their daughter Laura.

The audio interview was recorded and the unedited recording runs over 30 minutes, and is presented here for the first time ever in its complete format.

Jerry and Joanne talk about the early days, discuss Joe Shuster's failing eyesight, Joanne recalls her first meeting with Joe Shuster, both get quite emotional about the hardships they had to endure, and much more.

The interview has been segmented into 3 downloadable MP3 files:

Part 1 - 12 minutes, 3 seconds (3.1mb)

Part 2 - 11 minutes, 47 seconds (4.6mb)

Part 3 - 8 minutes, 23 seconds (3.2mb)

The interview was transcribed and published in Alter Ego #56 (February 2006).

Thanks to Alan Light for making this recording available to the Superman Homepage.