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*Comic fans raised more than $100,000 to save the house where the Man of Steel was conceived.
The Cleveland, Ohio, residence where writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster created the character of Superman more than 70 years ago had fallen into a severe state of disrepair.
After comics writer and novelist Brad Meltzer discovered the house's dilapidated state while researching a book, he spearheaded an online auction peddling geek wares like a rare Superman T-shirt signed by Siegel, works by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Sandman writer Neil Gaiman, and a walk-on role in sci-fi show *Heroes. *
Meltzer's efforts* *paid off: Fans raised more than double the original goal of $50,000.
"This was easily the most humbling spectacular project I’ve ever been part of, and showed just how much people care about this character and why today Superman still matters,” Meltzer told Reuters.
The extra coin will go to renovating the house -- inside and out -- in which elderly couple now live.
[via Sci Fi Wire]
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