Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese kamishibai character Prince of Gamma (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters Superman (debut 1938) and Batman (debut 1939).
Phantom, the first costumed, fictional superhero, known as “The Ghost Who Walks.” Comics scholars generally agree that Superman was the first true superhero of the comic books, clearly marking the entrance of a new kind of hero into the marketplace.
Also known as Ogon Bat, the Golden Bat is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in 1931 who originally debuted in a kamishibai (paper theater).
Doctor Occult didn't just precede Superman — he was made by the same creative team, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. As a matter of fact, he is widely considered to be DC's — then National Publications — first superhero character, despite Superman really ushering in the genre.
DC Comics introduced the first costumed superhero, Superman, in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). Superman's creators, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, had unsuccessfully tried to sell the series to newspaper syndicates as a daily strip.
If we go back in time, Marvel Comics introduced a total of three superheroes in its first issue back in 1939 - Human Torch, Angel, and Namor the Sub-Mariner. However, Human Torch appeared first in the list, so we can consider him to be the first Marvel Comics Superhero.
The Demon Bat is an unused boss in Cuphead. The Demon Bat was a horned bat who would've been fought in a hell-like environment. The bat would rest in a coffin, and would open and free his bats, which you would need to dodge in order to succeed, he would also chase the player(s) around by flapping his wings.
"We think bats probably evolved from a small, tree-dwelling, insectivorous mammal," Jones said. "But there are a number of enigmatic fossil insectivores from around the time bats would have evolved and it's unclear which, if any, are related to bats."
Both skeletons were recovered from an ancient lakebed in southwestern Wyoming, a site that preserves an entire subtropical lake ecosystem and surrounding forest from about 52 million years ago. The newly discovered bat, Icaronycteris gunnelli, weighed only about 25 grams, roughly as much as five marbles.
The Kyodai Hero is the mainstream superhero genre that is widely popular in Japan. The first and most famous Kyodai hero is Ultraman who made his debut in 1966.
Texas Twister is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Roy Thomas and penciller George Pérez and first appeared in Fantastic Four #177 (December 1976).
Yasuke was an African warrior in the employ of Nobunaga, a powerful feudal lord known as the “Great Unifier,” during Japan's Sengoku period. The first Black samurai, he was at Nobunaga's side when the daimyo died; according to popular lore, Nobunaga tasked Yasuke with returning his head to his son.
DC Comics was first released in 1934, making it five years older than Marvel. It was first published under National Allied Publications. It was changed to DC Comics much later in 1977, whose inspiration came from their popular series Detective Comics, which featured Batman.
Zorro should be considered America's First Superhero. He laid an important blueprint for later comic book heroes, and he was uniquely “American” in his origin. Zorro, the product of Mexican-American culture, is a fundamental part of the creation of the American superhero genre.
While it's an uncomfortable and terrible fact, Fu Manchu was comics' first supervillain. First appearing in Arthur Sarsfield Ward's (pen name Sax Rohmer) 1912 short story "The Zayat Kiss," Fu Manchu was created to capitalize on racist fears in the West after the Chinese Boxer Rebellion in 1900.
Some of the oldest known bats are not single skeletons, but made up bat communities of multiple species. This means that bats were already diversifying by 50 million years ago and that their ancestors are much older–perhaps springing up after the extinction that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years and evolved from their most likely recent common ancestor, Homo erectus, which means 'upright man' in Latin. Homo erectus is an extinct species of human that lived between 1.9 million and 135,000 years ago.
With more than 1,400 species, they are the second largest order of mammals, and are widely dispersed across six continents. Globally, bats provide vital ecosystem services in the form of insect pest consumption, plant pollination, and seed dispersal, making them essential to the health of global ecosystems.
Desmodus draculae is an extinct species of vampire bat that inhabited Central and South America during the Pleistocene, and possibly the early Holocene. It was 30% larger than its living relative the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus).
He is known in demonology as one of the seven deadly demons or seven princes of Hell, Beelzebub representing gluttony and envy. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a being capable of flying, known as the "Lord of the Flyers", or the "Lord of the Flies".
On January 6, 1989, Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings bought Marvel Entertainment Group from New World for $82.5 million. The deal did not include Marvel Productions, which was folded into New World's TV and movie business. "It is a mini-Disney in terms of intellectual property," said Perelman.
Stan Lee's first superhero was the Destroyer, created in collaboration with artist Jack Binder. The character first appeared in “Mystic Comics #6” in August 1941.
The first comic book of Marvel comics characters to be published by the Marvel Comics brand was Journey Into Mystery #69, part of a science-fiction anthology series. By 1961, Lee had revolutionized comics by creating superheroes who appealed to older readers rather than just children.
