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Comics adapted into animated series

  • SupermanIn January 1933, a young writer named Jerry Siegel published a short story titled The Reign of the Superman in his amateur science fiction magazine.
  • Spider-ManIn August 1962, the comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 hit newsstands with a cover featuring a young man in a red and blue suit swinging through New York City.
  • Hägar the HorribleThe 4th of February 1973 marked the first appearance of Hägar the Horrible in Sunday newspapers. Dik Browne created the strip and King Features Syndicate…
  • Flash GordonOn the 7th of January 1934, a new comic strip titled Flash Gordon appeared in newspapers across America. The strip was created by artist Alex Raymond and…
  • X-MenStan Lee and Jack Kirby launched The X-Men #1 on the 2nd of July 1963. Marvel publisher Martin Goodman rejected the initial title "The Mutants" because he…
  • Archie ComicsMaurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater formed M.L.J. Magazines, Inc., in September 1939. Their first comic book appeared that same month…