A Timeline History of Superman: Part 1 Print
Monday, 10 June 2013 01:00
Contrary to what a lot of people may think, Superman was not the first superhero.  Costumed heroes date back to such characters as The Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro in the early 1900s; Buck Rogers in the 1920s; pulp heroes like The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Avenger; and newspaper strip heroes The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician.  In fact...

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