Superheros

SUPERHEROS

A superhero is a fictional character because his characteristic exceed those of the classic hero, usually with superhuman powers but not necessarily, and enthroned with science fiction. Generated in the late 1930s in the American comic book industry, which contributed to raising, 1 have enjoyed many adaptations to other media, especially cinema.

Since the late 1920s, the concept was incubating in the realistic graphic adventure series and pulp magazines. Lee Falk would be the scriptwriter of The Phantom (1936), which can be considered an aesthetic precursor of the genre, when not its pioneer Traditionally it is considered, however, that the first superhero in history was Superman (1938) of DC Comics, whose Success was enormous and generated endless imitations that sustained the comic book industry for years. But it is imperative to note that, before the Americans The Phantom and Superman, in Japan appears Spooky (1930 or 1931) character who anticipates obvious characteristics (spectral appearance as well as the ability to fly) that are then associated with The Phantom, Superman and Batman Remember that Spooky is the Castilian name of the Japanese hero; his original name is Ōgon Bat; The Golden Bat.

That all changed in 1961 when, in the wake of the DC Justice League, the Marvel Comics publishing house decided to create its own group of superheroes and commissioned it to the editor and screenwriter Stan Lee, who worked with several cartoonists.
The first issue of The Fantastic Four, the work of Lee and the cartoonist Jack Kirby, appeared in November 1961, and the humanity of the characters, added to the combination of elements of other much more commercial genres of the time, catapulted the series in the sales lists. Raised by this success, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko set out to create a large number of characters: "Hulk", "Thor", "Spider-Man", "Daredevil" or "X-Men", all they superheroes with problems of different kinds (health, social acceptance, economic, etc.).