Time magazine did a cover story on Superman when he turned 50 back in 1988. It might be fun to check that out for some of the historical background concerning Siegal and Schuster's creation of the hero and the circumstances of their getting him published.
There are also several books out there on the 'history of comic books'. All of them have to have a section dealing with Superman by default.
Sounds like it could be a fun paper, but like any scholastic endevor, it will take some work to actually make it worthwhile. You might wind up learning a lot of cools stuff whether you want to or not.
Tank (who knows he has a copy of that Time magazine but the likely hood of him ever actually finding it are very slim)
