After tying the knot in the 1965, Reed and Sue Richards began a new trend in Marvel Comics, and several hero-centered weddings followed. Marvel's first superhero wedding was between Mr.Fantastic & The Invisible Woman, a union that has lasted to this day.
Marvel's First Couple and the most enduring marriage on our list. As Mister Fantastic and Invisible Girl of the Fantastic Four, Reed and Sue have created more than a team together…they've also made a family! Their journey as husband and wife begins here.
The First FamilyFantastic Four. Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing utilize their scientific backgrounds to band together and defend the world against perilous threats.
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.
Fantomah transforming. From Jungle Comics #15 (March 1941), art by Fletcher Hanks. The character preceded Wonder Woman's first appearance, and has been claimed to be the first female superhero in comic books (although the Centaur Comics superheroine, "Magician from Mars", predates Fantomah by two months).
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.
leaving the page. There have been some pretty notable superhero firsts in recent years. Here's another good one: In this weekend's animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Issa Rae's Spider-Woman, aka Jessica Drew, is the first pregnant superhero to hit the big screen in a major comic book movie.
The DC Comics' imitation of Namor, created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris in 1941, was given a mixed ethnicity identity after his backstory was retconned in 1959 to make him part human, part royal Atlantean too.
As the first major, openly gay character created by Marvel Comics, Northstar generated significant publicity in the mainstream press, and Alpha Flight #106 sold out in a week, although the series was not a very popular title. It is the only comic book issue to have been inducted into the Gaylactic Hall of Fame.
After tying the knot in the 1965, Reed and Sue Richards began a new trend in Marvel Comics, and several hero-centered weddings followed. Marvel's first superhero wedding was between Mr. Fantastic & The Invisible Woman, a union that has lasted to this day. However, superhero marriages remain a divisive subject.
Let's take a look into Superman's date book to see the partners who might have been, from the most famous to the ones you may not remember. The Betty, if you will, to Lois Lane's Veronica. Lana was Clark's first childhood sweetheart growing up in Smallville, stepping in for Lois in his adventures as Superboy.
Medusa had to go to Earth alone to give birth to their child, and for a brief period, Black Bolt was married to four other women in addition to Medusa. While Medusa and Black Bolt are estranged, they are still considered married in the Marvel continuity.
This version of the character stars in The Superman Family comic book in the series Mr. and Mrs. Superman, which feature the adventures of the Earth-Two Superman and his wife, Lois Lane Kent.
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.
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.
Johansson, who's expecting her first child with fiancé Romain Dauriac, plays Black Widow in the series, a character known for her form-sitting catsuits, which don't exactly leave a lot of room for a growing baby belly.
In The Avengers #200 (Oct. 1980), which was written by Bob Layton, David Michelinie, George Pérez, and Jim Shooter, Ms. Marvel is kidnapped by a character named Marcus (the apparent son of Avengers foe Immortus) and taken to an alternate dimension, where she is raped by Marcus and impregnated.
No stranger to shocking storylines, the Joker became pregnant and gave birth in a new comic from DC Comics. In the latest issue of the Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing, the iconic Batman is placed in an unexpected story that sees the Clown Prince of Crime introduce a miniature Joker to the world.
Centurius (Noah Black) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in 1968, he was Marvel's first black supervillain.
Sixteen years after his second comic book story, Vandal Savage returned in The Flash #137 (June 1963). This comic established he was closer to 50 thousand years old than 1 million years old, and also revealed that his original name had been Vandar Adg.
Hades is presumably the oldest of the Disney Villains, being an immortal god. Mother Gothel from Tangled, while she's not immortal, is presumably the oldest human Disney Villain.
