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Fictional superheroes created during the Golden Age of Comic Books (June, 1938 until at least September, 1956). Subcategories. This category has the following 9 ...
Union Jack is the name of three fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins, the first Union Jack first appeared in Invaders #7 (July 1976).A second incarnation from the same creators appeared in The Invaders #21, and a third incarnation was created by Roger Stern ...
The Moth is the name of two American comic-book superhero characters. The first was created by artist Jim Mooney and an unknown writer for Fox Feature Syndicate in 1940, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. [1] The second was created by writer-artist Steve Rude in 1998 for Dark Horse Comics.
An event cited by many as marking the beginning of the Golden Age was the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1, [2] [3] published by Detective Comics [4] (predecessor of DC Comics). Superman's popularity helped make comic books a major arm of publishing, [5] which led rival companies to create superheroes of their own to emulate Superman ...
A superhero (also known as a "super hero" or "super-hero") is a fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest." [ 1 ] Since the debut of Superman in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long ...
Phantasmo, Master of the World is a fictional superhero who appeared in Dell Comics' The Funnies from 1940 to 1942, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. [1] He was Dell Comics' first original superhero feature, [2] and was created by E.C. Stoner, the first known African-American comic book artist.
Marvel Comics' first Golden Girl, Elizabeth Ross, first appeared, without yet a superhero identity, as Betty Ross in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941). A supporting character who appeared in occasional stories, she assisted the U.S. Army and was a love interest for Steve Rogers, Captain America's real identity.
The Masked Raider is an alias of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The original character went by the name of Jim Gardley and appeared in comic books published during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books, he was created by writer and artist Al Anders.