List of Superman creators

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman; there are other contributors to Superman.

Creators of Superman

• Jerry Siegel — co-creator, writer. Co-created several secondary characters including Lois Lane, Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor, Perry White, James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Lena Luthor and George Taylor, among others.
• Joe Shuster — co-creator, artist. Co-created several secondary characters including Lois Lane, Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor, Perry White, James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Mr. Mxyzptlk and George Taylor, among others.

Notable contributors

Writers and artists

The following list is of people who have both written and drawn Superman comics.

Name/tenure	Notable stories/titles	Notable characters (co-) created by	Notes
John Byrne (1986)	The Man of Steel	Captain Margaret Ellen "Maggie" Sawyer Robert DuBois/Bloodsport Siobhan McDougal/Silver Banshee
Dan Jurgens (1991-present)	The Death of Superman	Doomsday Henry "Hank" Henshaw/Cyborg Superman Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold Kenny Braverman/Conduit
Jack Kirby	Fourth World	Atlas Darkseid Desaad Morgan Edge Glorious Gordon Godfrey Granny Goodness Mad Harriet Bruno "Ugly" Mannheim Daniel "Terrible" Turpin The New Gods	Also created the organized crime group Intergang.
Jerry Ordway	The Death of Superman	Bo "Bibbo" Bibbowski Professor Emil Hamilton Catherine Jane "Cat" Grant William Matthews/Gog Ronald "Ron" Troupe

Writers only

Name/tenure	Notable stories/titles	Notable characters (co-) created by	Notes
Cary Bates	TBA	Faora Steven "Steve" Lombard Tobias "Toby" Manning/Terra-Man
Robert Bernstein	"The Oldest Man In Metropolis"	Lar Gand/Mon-El/Superboy Samuel "Sam" Lane Elinor "Ellie" Lane General Zod	Co-created the Phantom Zone.
Otto Binder	"The Man Who Destroyed Krypton"	Beppo the supermonkey Bizarro Black Zero Brainiac Kara Zor-El/Supergirl Zor-El Jax-Ur Alura Zor-El Krypto the Superdog Lucy Lane John Corben/Metallo Professor Phineas Potter Streaky the Supercat Titano the Super-Ape	Co-created the location of Kandor.
Gerry Conway		Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr/Power Girl
Leo Dorfman	TBA	Peter "Pete" Ross
Bill Finger	TBA	Lana Lang Lori Lemaris	Known as the co-creator of fellow comic book hero Batman.
Geoff Johns	Superman: Up, Up and Away! Superman: Secret Origin Superman: New Krypton	Lor-Zod/Christopher "Chris" Kent Thara Ak-Var	He is also known for his work on The WB/The CW's Smallville.
Elliot S. Maggin	"Must There Be a Superman?" Superman: Last Son of Krypton Superman Miracle Monday	Inspector William Henderson
Gardner Fox	TBA	Clark Luthor/Ultraman
Edmond Hamilton	TBA	Joseph Meach/Composite Superman
Karl Kesel	TBA	Conner Kent/Kon-El/Superboy
Jeph Loeb	Superman for All Seasons
Alan Moore	Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Grant Morrison	All-Star Superman	Kal Kent/Future Superman
George Pérez		Police Commissioner David Corporon
James Robinson		Thara Ak-Var
Alvin Schwartz		Police Chief Douglas Parker
Louise Simonson		Kenny Braverman/Conduit
Roger Slifer
Roger Stern		Colin Thornton/Lord Satanus
Mark Waid	Kingdom Come Superman: Birthright
Marv Wolfman		Bo "Bibbo" Bibbowski Catherine Jane "Cat" Grant

Artists only

Name/tenure	Notable stories/titles	Notable characters (co-) created By	Notes
Brett Breeding		Colin Thornton/Lord Satanus Angelica Blaze/Blaze
Tom Grummett		Kon-El/Superboy Ron Troupe
Jesus Merino
Jim Mooney
George Papp		Pete Ross General Zod
Al Plastino		Kara Zor-El/Supergirl	Co-creator of the location of Kandor.
John Sikel		Lana Lang
Curt Swan

Other notable contributors

Name/tenure	Notable stories/titles	Notable characters (co-) created by	Notes
Alfred Gough	Smallville (2001–2011)	Lionel Luthor Chloe Sullivan
Miles Millar	Smallville (2001–2011)	Lionel Luthor Chloe Sullivan

See also

• List of Batman creators
• List of Wonder Woman creators
• List of Green Lantern creators