including DC Comics, who he started writing for previously in 1948. Otto wrote many Superman & Superboy stories and even launched the first edition of the Jimmy Olsen comic books. Otto also created Lois Lane’s sister Lucy Lane, Krypto the Super-Dog, and the Phantom Zone. ...
including DC Comics, who he started writing for previously in 1948. Otto wrote many Superman & Superboy stories and even launched the first edition of the Jimmy Olsen comic books. Otto also created Lois Lane’s sister Lucy Lane, Krypto the Super-Dog, and the Phantom Zone. ...
We know who invented the Man of Steel. Jerry Siegel. But the invention in early 1933 was followed by frustration: for the next four years plus a few months, Siegel and his drawing partner Joe Shuster tried in vain to sell their creation to newspaper feature syndicates and to publishers who...
written in that heady period where authors were writing original superhero novels not tied to Marvel or DC). But for me, it may be unfair, Vaughn’s work begins and ends with a DJ turned accidental social heroine.
The Joker is also a villain who loves gambling. He is the first superhero that Batman encounters in DC Comics’ comic book ‘Batman’ published in 1940. Even though he does not gamble, he gets his name from the playing card ‘Joker.’ He uses thematic weapons to commit crimes. They incl...
It’s usually too controversial for mainstream comic book publishers to print stories featuring the actual biblical Devil, so Marvel and DC Comics have ...
The cover to Watchmen No. 1, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Gibbons(published by DC Comics) The simple yellow smiley face created in 1963 (probably) has led to tens of thousands of variations and has appeared on everything from pillows and posters to perfume and pop art. ...
Tim Burton's 1992 sequelBatman Returnsfeatures a new characternamed Max Shreck (Christopher Walken), who does not appear in the DC Comics or any otherBatmanmovie. The film's screenwriter Daniel Waters completely made up the vicious businessman to serve as a one-time an...
In DC Comics, Batman’s protégé and one-time Boy Wonder, Red Hood, toes the line between what’s right and what’s wrong as he utilizes tactics that even Batman wouldn’t employ. Similarly, Marvel’s Punisher is a ruthless anti-hero that shoots who he wants, when he wants while ...
Unlike Iron Man and Batman, Richards’ inventions tend to be designed to help humanity, rather than for offensive purposes. Richards designed and invented the team’s iconic Fantasti-Car, which can split into four separate flying cars, or come together as one interdimensional ship. This i...