mr. siegel imagined an evil villain who read minds and dreamed of conquering the world. he went by the name of the superman. in the 1930s, hitler, the infamous nazi villain from real life, was talking about getting rid of the jews and communists. this was because he believed that germans he called aryans were supermen. mr. siegel, who was jewish, found this disgusting. but one night, mr. siegel tossed and turned in his bed, and had a horrible time getting to sleep. when he awoke, superman became the superman we know today, and the evil version disappeared.