The origins of smileys and supermen
Monday, April 19th, 2004 @ 4:46 am | Linkage
A high-quality scan of Action Comics No. 1, where Superman first appeared. Superman is in the first twelve pages.
Also, some information on those ubiquitous text smileys 
from the guy who invented them. I’m sure if he realized what he was doing, he never would have done it 
[via Memepool]