The Many Voices of Anne Ahlert<p>🧵 / According to famous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComicBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComicBook</span></a> industry icon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuliusSchwartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuliusSchwartz</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superman</span></a> creator <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JerrySiegel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JerrySiegel</span></a> used to correspond in 1930 with Walter Dennis, a Chicago newspaper <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reporter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporter</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> fan. Siegel had co-creator <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeShuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeShuster</span></a> use Dennis' likeness to create Superman'a alter ego <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarkKent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarkKent</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActionComics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActionComics</span></a>. </p><p>The name Clark came from actor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarkGable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarkGable</span></a> and Kent came from actor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KentTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KentTaylor</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupermanDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupermanDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DCcomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCcomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DCU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DCEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActionComics1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActionComics1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActionComics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActionComics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComicBookArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComicBookArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupermanComics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupermanComics</span></a></p>