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Joe Shuster, an Uncommon card
Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Joe Shuster quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joe Shuster card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the ______ character.
Answer
Superman. Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman character. From the Joe Shuster article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-____s, Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness.
Answer
1970s. His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-1970s, Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness. From the Joe Shuster article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman character.
- His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-1970s, Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness.
- He and Siegel were inducted into both the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joe Shuster article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Joe Shuster
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joe Shuster (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : DC Comics photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
