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This will result in a huge collection of cartoons and comics: the Fred Waring collection. [6] Crime Exposed (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics; Crime Fighters (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics; Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #86 - Timely Comics; Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #26 - Timely Comics; Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics
Superhero comics declined in popularity after the end of World War II around the late 1940s. DC shifted their focus on other genres such as Western comics and Teen humor comics outside of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman related titles.
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Pages in category "DC Comics female superheroes" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 251 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In his August 2014 results, which are typical of the general results, 9.5% of people working on DC's titles were female, and 90.5% were male, as well, 9.8% of the people working on Marvel's titles that month were female and 90.2% were male. [8] In 2011, DC Comics relaunched many of its titles, christening this new beginning The New 52. [4]
Merry Pemberton, also known as Gimmick Girl and Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. She is the adoptive sister of Sylvester Pemberton. Merry Pemberton first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #81 in June 1948, [1] and ran through #90 (March 1949). [2] She was created by writer Otto Binder. [3]
June - The first appearance of Superman's Fortress of Solitude in Action Comics #241. July - Brainiac was debuted in Action Comics #242. September - Superman #124 is released, the first DC title with a regular letters column. Calendar Man was debuted in Detective Comics #259. October - Bizarro was debuted in Superboy #68.
The portrayal of women in American comic books has often been a subject of controversy since the medium's beginning. Critics have noted that both lead and supporting female characters are substantially more subjected to gender stereotypes (with femininity and/or sexual characteristics having a larger presence in their overall character / characteristics) than the characters of men.