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0–4
1
Sup
erher
oes
Tim
elin
eSUPERLATIVES
Ther
e ar
e pl
enty
of
“sup
erhu
man
s” in
GW
R 2
018
– in
clud
ing
man
y or
dina
ry p
eopl
e w
ho h
ave
done
ext
raor
dina
ry
thin
gs. B
elow
, how
ever
, we
pres
ent
a ch
rono
logy
of
clas
sic
supe
rher
oes,
ord
ered
in t
erm
s of
the
ir fi
rst
appe
aran
ce
– w
heth
er t
hat
be in
a c
omic
boo
k, a
mov
ie o
r el
sew
here
– a
nd s
how
n in
the
ir o
rigi
nal c
ostu
mes
.
194
1–6
2
Sta
n Le
e an
d J
ack
Kir
by’s
firs
t co
-p
rod
uct
ion
, Th
e Fa
nta
stic
Fou
r #
1 h
it t
he
shel
ves
in N
ov 1
961.
Th
ey
wer
e M
arve
l’s fi
rst
sup
erte
am a
nd
con
trib
ute
d to
th
e co
mp
any’
s m
eteo
ric
rise
in t
he
196
0s.
196
1 Fan
tast
ic F
our
196
2–7
4
1974
–20
04
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
196
0T
he
Ju
stic
e Le
agu
e
Als
o kn
own
as t
he
Ju
stic
e Le
agu
e of
Am
eric
a (J
LA
), t
his
su
per
gro
up
of D
C s
tars
deb
ute
d in
Oct
–Nov
196
0. B
atm
an a
nd
Su
per
man
, alt
hou
gh
par
t of
th
e or
igin
al li
ne-
up,
sel
dom
ap
pea
red
in t
he
grou
p’s
adve
ntur
es, w
hile
Mar
tian
Man
hun
ter (
bel
ow, f
ar
righ
t) e
nde
d h
is in
itia
l sti
nt w
ith
the
JL
A in
196
8. T
he
quin
tet
bel
ow
app
eare
d on
th
e co
ver
of t
hei
r fir
st is
sue.
194
1W
ond
er W
oman
DC
Com
ics’
Am
azon
ian
her
oin
e b
urs
t on
to
the
scen
e in
All
Sta
r C
omic
s #
8 (c
over
-dat
ed
Dec
194
1), a
lth
oug
h sh
e d
idn’
t g
et h
er
own
com
ic b
ook
un
til s
um
mer
194
2.
The
hit
19
93 T
V s
erie
s ga
ve r
ise
to a
num
ber
of
Pow
er R
ange
rs c
omic
s pu
blis
hed
by
Ham
ilton
fr
om N
ov 1
994
. Mar
vel C
omic
s su
bse
qu
entl
y p
ub
lish
ed t
wo
seri
es o
f th
eir
own
. Mar
20
16
saw
a c
omic
-boo
k re
boo
t by
Boo
m! S
tud
ios,
w
hic
h re
fere
nce
d th
e or
igin
al s
erie
s.
199
3M
igh
ty M
orp
hin
Pow
er R
ang
ers
Pro
du
ced
by P
ixar
, th
e In
cred
ible
s (U
SA
) mov
ie
pre
mie
red
on 2
7 O
ct 2
00
4 an
d g
ave
the
com
pan
y w
hat
was
th
en it
s h
igh
est
open
ing-
wee
ken
d g
ross
. Fi
ve y
ears
late
r, B
oom
! Stu
dio
s b
egan
pu
blis
hin
g a
com
ic-b
ook
min
iser
ies
bas
ed o
n th
e fil
m. A
seq
uel
to
th
e or
igin
al m
ovie
is d
ue
to a
pp
ear
in J
un
2018
.
20
04
Th
e In
cred
ible
s
193
6–4
0
193
9B
atm
an
The
crea
tion
of
arti
st B
ob K
ane
and
wri
ter
Bill
Fin
ger
(b
oth
US
A),
th
e “C
aped
Cru
sad
er”
deb
ute
d in
Det
ecti
ve C
omic
s #
27. K
ane’
s ea
rly
dra
fts
for
Bat
man
’s c
ostu
me
invo
lved
a b
rig
ht
red
tun
ic, w
ing
s an
d a
bla
ck e
ye m
ask;
Fin
ger
mad
e so
me
key
sug
ges
tion
s to
tra
nsf
orm
th
e ou
tfit
into
so
met
hin
g al
tog
eth
er m
ore
thre
aten
ing
.
Firs
t g
limp
sed
in
the
last
pan
el o
f Th
e In
cred
ible
Hu
lk
#18
0 (O
ct 1
974)
, th
e cl
awed
Can
adia
n w
as r
ecru
ited
as
an
oth
er o
f P
rofe
ssor
X’s
g
ifte
d yo
un
gst
ers
in 1
975’
s G
ian
t-S
ize
X-M
en #
1.
1974
Wol
veri
ne
Cre
ated
by
Len
Wei
n (w
rite
r) a
nd
Ber
nie
W
rig
hts
on (a
rt),
D
C’s
un
sett
ling
char
acte
r w
as
first
see
n in
Hou
se
of S
ecre
ts
#9
2 (J
ul 1
971)
b
efor
e g
etti
ng
his
ow
n co
mic
th
e fo
llow
ing
year
.
1971
Sw
amp
Th
ing
The
X-M
en #
1 w
as
pu
blis
hed
on
10 S
ep
196
3, b
ut
the
den
izen
s of
Pro
fess
or X
’s S
choo
l fo
r G
ifte
d Yo
un
gst
ers
wer
e or
igin
ally
to
be
know
n as
“Th
e M
uta
nts
”.
Mar
vel’s
pu
blis
her
, Mar
tin
Goo
dm
an, t
hou
gh
t th
e n
ame
mig
ht
pu
zzle
rea
der
s,
so S
tan
Lee
chan
ged
it.
Tale
s of
Su
spen
se
#39
(Mar
196
3) s
aw
the
app
eara
nce
of
Tony
Sta
rk’s
su
per
-p
ower
ed a
lter
eg
o. T
he
six
film
s to
dat
e st
arri
ng
Rob
ert
Dow
ney
Jr
(US
A)
as t
he
man
in t
he
iron
su
it h
ave
mad
e h
im
the
mos
t su
cces
sfu
l su
per
her
o ac
tor.
196
3Ir
onm
an
196
3T
he
X-M
en
Two
com
ic-b
ook
char
acte
rs h
ave
a cl
aim
to
bei
ng
the
firs
t fe
mal
e su
per
her
o. F
anto
mah
was
th
e fir
st f
emal
e su
perh
ero
wit
h su
perh
uman
pow
ers
to a
pp
ear
in p
rin
t, in
Ju
ng
le C
omic
s #
2 (F
eb 1
940
). T
he
first
mas
ked
and
cost
um
ed s
up
erh
eroi
ne
(an
d of
“n
atu
ral”
bir
th),
how
ever
, was
th
e W
oman
in R
ed, c
reat
ed b
y R
ich
ard
Hu
gh
es a
nd
Geo
rge
Man
del
for
Th
rilli
ng
Com
ics
#2
(Mar
194
0).
Cre
ated
by
arti
sts
Joe
Sim
on a
nd
Jac
k K
irby
, th
is s
tar-
span
gle
d su
per
her
o d
ebu
ted
in C
apta
in
Am
eric
a C
omic
s #
1,
cove
r-d
ated
Mar
194
1.
Cap
’s s
ign
atu
re r
oun
d sh
ield
(in
set)
rep
lace
d th
e tr
ian
gu
lar
vers
ion
in is
sue
#2.
194
1C
apta
in A
mer
ica
194
1A
qu
aman
DC
’s w
ater
bor
ne
won
der
w
as c
reat
ed b
y P
aul N
orri
s an
d M
ort
Wei
sin
ger
an
d d
ebu
ted
in M
ore
Fun
Com
ics
#73
fro
m
Nov
194
1. H
e w
ent
on
to b
ecom
e on
e of
th
e fo
un
der
s of
th
e J
ust
ice
Leag
ue
of A
mer
ica.
Su
per
man
’s s
ucc
ess
insp
ired
D
C t
o d
evis
e a
fem
ale
cou
nte
rpar
t –
nam
ely
his
co
usi
n, K
ara
Zor
-El.
Cre
ated
by
Ott
o B
ind
er (w
rite
r)
and
Al P
last
ino
(art
), s
he
first
ap
pea
red
in A
ctio
n C
omic
s #
252
in M
ay 1
959.
195
9S
up
erg
irl
193
8S
up
erm
an
The
“Man
of
Ste
el”
first
ap
pea
red
in A
ctio
n C
omic
s #
1, n
ow t
he
mos
t va
luab
le c
omic
. Su
per
man
w
as t
he
firs
t su
per
her
o w
ith
sup
erp
ower
s: o
ut-
of-t
his
-w
orld
ab
iliti
es t
hat
en
able
d h
im
to r
un
fast
er t
han
an
exp
ress
tr
ain
and
leap
tal
l bu
ildin
gs
in a
si
ng
le b
oun
d. I
n la
ter i
ssue
s, h
e de
mon
stra
ted
X-ra
y vi
sion
, sup
er
stre
ng
th a
nd
the
abili
ty t
o fl
y.
Ther
e ar
e a
nu
mb
er o
f C
apta
in M
arve
ls
in t
he
Mar
vel U
niv
erse
, bu
t th
e on
e se
en
her
e d
ebu
ted
in W
hiz
Com
ics
#2
(cov
er-
dat
ed F
eb 1
940
) an
d is
now
ow
ned
by
DC
. H
e p
rove
d so
pop
ula
r in
th
e 19
40
s th
at
sale
s of
his
com
ic b
ooks
ou
tsol
d th
ose
feat
uri
ng
Sup
erm
an. H
e’s
also
kn
own
as
“Sh
azam
”, af
ter t
he
cry
that
ch
ange
s th
e b
oy
Bill
y B
atso
n in
to t
he
mig
hty
Cap
tain
Mar
vel.
193
9C
apta
in M
arve
l
The
firs
t su
per
her
o te
am, t
he
JS
A w
ere
init
ially
see
n on
th
e co
ver
of A
ll S
tar
Com
ics
#3
(win
ter
issu
e 19
40
–41)
. Th
e fo
un
din
g m
emb
ers,
sh
own
left
to
rig
ht
abov
e, w
ere:
Th
e A
tom
, D
octo
r Fa
te, G
reen
Lan
tern
, Haw
kman
, Th
e Fl
ash
, Th
e S
and
man
, Hou
rman
(th
en k
now
n as
Hou
r-M
an) a
nd
The
Sp
ectr
e.
On
the
subj
ect
of
New
Mu
tan
ts, #
98
(Feb
19
91)
saw
th
e ap
pea
ran
ce o
f th
e “M
erc
wit
h a
mou
th”.
In
itia
lly a
vill
ain
, D
ead
poo
l mor
ph
ed in
to
an a
mb
igu
ous
anti
her
o,
and
in 1
993
got
his
ow
n m
inis
erie
s, T
he
Cir
cle
Ch
ase.
Th
e 20
16
mov
ie D
ead
poo
l (U
SA
) is
the
hig
hes
t-g
ross
ing
R-r
ated
mov
ie.
199
1D
ead
poo
l
Mik
e M
ign
ola’
s d
emon
ic s
up
erh
ero
deb
ute
d –
in
pro
toty
pe
form
– o
n th
e co
ver
of It
alia
n fa
nzi
ne
Dim
e P
ress
#
4 (M
ar 1
993
) b
efor
e em
erg
ing
as a
fu
lly f
orm
ed
char
acte
r in
San
D
ieg
o C
omic
-Con
C
omic
s #
2 (A
ug
1993
).
199
3H
ellb
oy
194
0T
he
Flas
h
Cre
ated
by
arti
st
Har
ry L
amp
ert
and
wri
ter
Gar
dn
er
Fox,
th
e “S
carl
et
Sp
eed
ster
” or
igin
ally
ap
pea
red
in F
lash
Com
ics
#1
(cov
er-d
ated
Jan
19
40
). In
itia
lly, h
is a
lter
eg
o w
as J
ay G
arri
ck,
alth
oug
h th
e ch
arac
ter
has
bee
n th
rou
gh
seve
ral i
nca
rnat
ion
s.
194
0
Th
e C
omet
Jan
194
0 s
aw t
he
deb
ut
of T
he
Com
et
in P
ep C
omic
s #
1. In
is
sue
#17
, he
bec
ame
the
firs
t su
per
her
o to
die
, alt
hou
gh
the
char
acte
r w
ould
go
on
to b
e re
vive
d se
vera
l ti
mes
fro
m t
he
196
0s
onw
ard
s.
196
2T
he
Hu
lk
Gam
ma
rad
iati
on
turn
ed D
octo
r R
ober
t B
ruce
B
ann
er in
to a
ra
mp
agin
g G
reen
G
olia
th, a
nd
one
of
Mar
vel’s
mos
t en
du
rin
g ch
arac
ters
. Th
e In
cred
ible
H
ulk
deb
ute
d in
May
196
2.
193
6T
he
Ph
anto
m
Cre
ated
by
Lee
Falk
(U
SA
),
the
firs
t su
per
her
o w
as
The
Ph
anto
m, w
ho
debu
ted
in h
is o
wn
new
spap
er c
omic
st
rip
on 1
7 Fe
b 19
36
. It
reco
un
ted
the
adve
ntu
res
of K
it W
alke
r, w
ho
don
ned
a
mas
k an
d p
urp
le o
utfi
t to
b
ecom
e Th
e P
han
tom
– a
ka
“th
e gh
ost
wh
o w
alks
”.
The
char
acte
r’s
wh
ited
-ou
t ey
es, w
ith
no
visi
ble
pupi
ls, b
ecam
e a
feat
ure
of m
any
late
r sup
erh
eroe
s,
incl
udin
g B
atm
an, G
reen
La
nter
n an
d G
reen
Arr
ow.
198
4Te
enag
e M
uta
nt
Nin
ja T
urt
les
In M
ay 1
984
, “h
eroe
s in
a h
alf
shel
l” M
ich
elan
gel
o,
Leon
ard
o, D
onat
ello
an
d R
aph
ael g
ot t
hei
r ow
n co
mic
, pu
blis
hed
by
Mir
age
Stu
dio
s. A
n an
imat
ed
TV
ser
ies
follo
wed
in 1
987.
Th
e q
uar
tet
was
in
itia
lly c
reat
ed (
by K
evin
Eas
tman
an
d P
eter
La
ird
) as
a sa
tire
of
fou
r h
it c
omic
s of
th
e ti
me:
R
onin
, Cer
ebu
s, D
ared
evil
and
New
Mu
tan
ts.
Mar
vel’s
icon
ic w
eb-
slin
ger
mad
e h
is d
ebu
t in
A
maz
ing
Fan
tasy
#15
(Au
g 19
62)
, wh
ile T
he
Am
azin
g S
pid
er-M
an a
pp
eare
d in
M
ar 1
963
. Th
e ch
arac
ter
was
dev
ised
by
Sta
n Le
e an
d ar
tist
Ste
ve D
itko
.
196
2S
pid
er-M
an
194
0J
ust
ice
Soc
iety
of
Am
eric
a
194
0Fa
nto
mah
/Wom
an in
Red