Editing Joe Shuster (section)

==Later career==
In 1947, the team rejoined editor Sullivan, by then the founder and publisher of the comic-book company [[Magazine Enterprises]] where they created the short-lived comical crime-fighter [[Funnyman (comics)|Funnyman]]. Shuster continued to draw comics after the failure of ''Funnyman'', although exactly what he drew is uncertain. Comic historian Ted White wrote that Shuster continued to draw horror stories into the 1950s.<ref>White, Ted. "The Spawn of M.C. Gaines" in Lupoff, Dick & Don Thompson, eds., ''All in Color For a Dime'' (Ace Books, 1970)</ref> 

Shuster was also the anonymous illustrator for ''[[Nights of Horror]]'', an underground [[BDSM|sadomasochistic]] [[Fetish art|fetish]] paperback book series. In 1954, ''Nights of Horror'' garnered controversy because of its involvement in the trial of the [[Brooklyn Thrill Killers]], where it was alleged by psychiatric expert and anti-comics crusader [[Fredric Wertham]] that the gang's leader had read the books and that they were responsible for his crimes. The ''Nights of Horror'' series was seized and banned in the [[State of New York]], and the case eventually [[Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown|went to the Supreme Court]]. However, the books' artist was never identified at the time.<ref name="cbldf">[http://cbldf.org/2012/10/the-incredible-true-story-of-joe-shusters-nights-of-horror/ The Incredible True Story of Joe Shuster's NIGHTS OF HORROR], ''Comic book legal defense'', October 3, 2012</ref> In 2004, [[Gerard Jones]] revealed that Shuster had drawn the books.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Gerard |url=https://archive.org/details/menoftomorrowgee0000jone |title=Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book |date=2004 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=0465036570 |page=[https://archive.org/details/menoftomorrowgee0000jone_s3s6/page/270/mode/2up?q=%22new+mexico%22 270] |pages= |access-date=February 9, 2017 |url-access=registration}}</ref> The claim was backed in 2009 by comics historian Craig Yoe. This was based on character similarities, and comparison of the artistic style between the illustrations and those of the cast of the Superman comics.<ref name="M1">{{cite news|url=http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/scene/article/203662 |title=Book Unveils Superman Co-creator's Dark Side |work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro Halifax]] |date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919111707/http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/scene/article/203662 |archive-date=September 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Yoe| first= Craig | title =Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster | publisher= [[Harry N. Abrams]] | year= 2009 | isbn= 978-0-8109-9634-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shuster_j.htm |title=lambiek.net "Siegel & Shuster" on Lambiek Comiclopedia |access-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713202052/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shuster_j.htm |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Joe shuster 1975.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shuster in a DC Comics press photo, 1975]]
In 1964, when Shuster was living on [[Long Island]] with his elderly mother, he was reported to be earning his living as a [[freelance]] cartoonist; he was also "trying to paint [[pop art]]—serious comic strips—and hope[d] eventually to promote a one-man show in some chic Manhattan gallery".<ref>Richler, Mordecai. "The Great Comic Book Heroes", ''Encounter'', 1965; reprinted in Richler collections ''Hunting Tigers Under Glass: Essays & Notes'' (McClelland & Stewart, 1968), ''Notes on an Endangered Species'' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1974), and ''The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays'' (McClelland and Stewart, 1978) {{ISBN|978-0-7710-9268-8}}</ref> At one point, his worsening eyesight prevented him from drawing, and he worked as a [[deliveryman]] in order to earn a living.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heer |first=Jeet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/05/theinjusticeofsuperman |title=The Injustice of Superman |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 5, 2008 |location=UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213004512/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/05/theinjusticeofsuperman |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Victoria| title=Originators of ''Superman'' Destitute: Sold Rights in 1938 for $130| work=[[Lansing State Journal|State Journal]]|location= [[Lansing, Michigan]]|date= November 25, 1975| page = D-3}}</ref> [[Jerry Robinson]] claimed Shuster had delivered a package to the DC building, embarrassing the employees. He was summoned to the CEO, given one hundred dollars, and told to buy a new coat and find another job.<ref>{{cite book|last=Simon|first=Joe|title=Joe Simon: My Life in Comics|publisher=[[Titan Books]]|year= 2011|location= London, UK| isbn = 978-1-84576-930-7|page=188}}</ref> 

In 1967, when the Superman copyright came up for renewal, Siegel launched a second lawsuit, which also proved unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Chris |date=May 11, 2013 |title=Superman at 75: Were Cleveland's Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster really that innocent? |url=https://www.news-herald.com/2013/05/11/superman-at-75-were-clevelands-jerry-siegel-and-joe-shuster-really-that-innocent/ |work=[[The News-Herald (Ohio)|The News-Herald]] |access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> 

In 1975, Siegel launched a publicity campaign, in which Shuster participated, protesting [[DC Comics]]' treatment of him and Shuster. The [[Association of American Editorial Cartoonists]]' president, [[Jerry Robinson]], was involved in the campaign along with comic-book artist [[Neal Adams]]. By 1976, Shuster was almost blind and living in a California nursing home.<ref>[[Maurice Horn|Horn, Maurice]]. ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics'': Shuster, Joe. (Scribner, 1976) {{ISBN|978-0-87754-030-4}}</ref> Due to a great deal of negative publicity over their handling of the affair, and the upcoming [[Superman (1978 film)|''Superman'' movie]], DC's parent company [[Warner Communications]] reinstated the byline dropped more than thirty years earlier and granted the pair a lifetime pension of $20,000 a year, later increased to $30,000, plus health benefits.<ref name=humble>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060628/superman_returns_cdn_060628/20060628?hub=Entertainment|title=Superman co-creator has humble Canadian roots|last=Associated Press|publisher=CTV|date=June 28, 2006|access-date=August 12, 2008 | archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604145745/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20060628/superman_returns_cdn_060628/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6D71330F930A3575BC0A964958260 |title=Joseph Shuster, Cartoonist, Dies; Co-Creator of 'Superman' Was 78 |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=August 3, 1992 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204215714/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6D71330F930A3575BC0A964958260 |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947632,00.html |title=Man and Superman |date=January 5, 1976 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=August 12, 2008 |archive-date=October 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075925/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C947632%2C00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first issue with the restored credit was ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #302 (Aug. 1976).<ref>{{cite book|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 170 |quote = For the first time since 1947, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's names were back in ''Superman'' comics, and listed as the Man of Steel's co-creators.}}</ref>

Although Shuster was now supported by a lifetime stipend from DC Comics, he fell into debt—close to $20,000 by the time of his death. After he died, DC Comics agreed to pay off his unpaid debts in exchange for an agreement from his heirs to not challenge ownership over Superman.<ref>From a 2010 lawsuit filed by DC Comics against Shuster's heirs (''DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corp. et al.'').</ref>