It was February 27, 1948, and the children were gathered around a stack of comic books—superhero adventures, crime tales, and lurid horror titles. The pile had been assembled thanks to a clever ...

regularly outselling the adventures of Superman during the 1940s. The sales of comic books increased markedly during World War II. They were cheap, portable and had inspirational, patriotic ...

The future of comic book adaptations and superhero films is going to be starkly different than the 2000s heyday of these ...

Joker Definitive History Explained! Arey starts off with the character’s appearance in the 1940 comic book Batman, noting how the character was supposed to die at the end of the issue ...

For one, he is one of the oldest villains in comic book history, his first appearance dating all the way back in 1940, with "Batman" issue No. 1. But I think what really propelled the character to ...

The problem facing the curators of a new exhibit on comic book creator Jack Kirby wasn’t finding enough art and archival material to depict the life and career of the man who helped create such iconic ...