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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Superhero_fictionSuperhero fiction - Wikipedia

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   Superhero fiction is a subgenre of science fiction examining the adventures, personalities and ethics of costumed crime fighters known as superheroes, who often possess superhuman powers and battle similarly powered criminals known as supervillains.

   • List of Superhero Television Series

     The following is a list of superhero television series. DC...

   • Category:Superhero fiction

     Pages in category "Superhero fiction". The following 16...

   • Superheroes

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_superhero_debutsList of superhero debuts - Wikipedia

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   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 sagas ...

   Character / Team	Year Debuted	Company	Creator/s
   Secret Operative No. 48 (Detective Dan ...	1933 (May 12)	Norman Marsh	Original Comic Book Character
   Doctor Occult (Richard Occult)	1935 (October)	DC	Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
   Rose Psychic (Rose Spiritus)	1935 (October)	DC	Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
   Dinky (later to become one of the two ...	1936 (August)	Dell	Sheldon Mayer

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   What is superhero fiction?

   • Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games ), as well as in Japanese media (including kamishibai, tokusatsu, manga, anime and video games).

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   What is a superhero comic book?

   • Superhero comics is one of the most common genres of American comic books. The genre rose to prominence in the 1930s and became extremely popular in the 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters inhabit.

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   What type of character is a superhero?

   • A superhero is most often the protagonist of superhero fiction. However, some titles, such as Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, use superheroes as secondary characters. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of stock character possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers" and dedicated to protecting the public.

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   What was the earliest superhero comic book?

   • Despite its short run, it is seen as the earliest superhero fiction comic. Often cited as perhaps the earliest superhero akin to those to become popularized through American comic books. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D adapted from the story "Armageddon 2419 A.D." ( Amazing Stories, August, 1928). "Justice, Inc."

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Superhero_comicsSuperhero comics - Wikipedia

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   Superhero comics. Superhero comics is one of the most common genres of American comic books. The genre rose to prominence in the 1930s and became extremely popular in the 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters ...

5. www.goodreads.com › list › showSuperhero Fiction (818 books) - Goodreads

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   I think this list started as a novels about superheroes list, but it evolved a bit over time for better or worse. Hence the included graphic novels.

6. sf-encyclopedia.com › entry › superheroesSFE: Superheroes - SF Encyclopedia

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   Superhero fiction is a genre based on many early models, but which crystallized in Comics; since then it has infiltrated the Cinema, Radio, Television and books. Stories involving figures with super (or at the least extraordinary) powers, and whose actions tend to keep the world safe, almost certainly existed, in some form, before Alexandre Dumas (who see for bibliography and detailed argument ...