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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marvel Comics superheroes. The main articles for this category are Marvel Comics and Superhero. This category is for Superhero characters created or owned by Marvel Comics.
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book Action Comics #1 ( cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938). [1]
Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, [1] 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).
Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman.
Apr 16, 2024 · Timely’s first comic book was Marvel Comics no. 1 (cover dated October 1939), which featured several superhero characters, most notably the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. Timely Comics introduced many superhero characters during comics’ “Golden Age” in the 1940s, most importantly Captain America , who first appeared in Captain America ...
Marvel Comics is an American comic book company that makes "superhero" comic books. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics.
Feb 8, 2021 · Books. Who Really Created the Marvel Universe? Stan Lee presided over a world of superheroes, but his collaborators and readers sustained his vision—and his characters outlasted it. By Stephanie...
