Comic Superheroes from 1940s Golden Age to 1960s Marvel Age || Docuseries-6 by Alex Grand

[@HeroJournalism]

Great to discover some of your older videos, this one is awesome! I'd love an updated video if you've discovered more like this since this video

[@ComicBookHistorians]

Great suggestion! In the meantime, I went to town on that and other topics beyond my videos in my book: a.co/d/gtWNqXm

[@moonled]

The Fantastic Four was like a revival of four Golden Age characters, Plastic Man, Human Torch, the Heap and Invisible Scarlet O'Neil. Early issues of CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS had a backup strip called Tuk, Cave Boy. He was a survivor of his tribe looking for the fabled city of Attilan, later used as the city of the Inhumans. Also, Tuk's name in his language meant "Avenger". The first Avenger!

[@albion65]

In the 90's FLASH comics writer Mark Waid brought back the Golden Age Quicksilver, giving him a new origin and name as "Max Mercury".

[@leonunez8335]

This may be old but its new to me! I appreciate you making these Golden age videos! I'm a big fan of the Golden era and not a lot of channels cover them

[@ComicBookHistorians]

Glad you like them!

[@rlpittsjr]

Very cool look back!

[@Frst2nxt]

Ghostrider too. This is different, but Bill Everett created the earliest Amazing Man, and in DC Comics' All Star Squadron, an 80s series about the same golden era, there's a newly created Amazing Man named Will Everett.

[@LenHazell]

There was another golden age Thor published in 1940 in weird comics 1-5, who was much More like Kirby's Thor in that he was a human who could transform in to the God thor, wore a similar helmet and had an autoreturning hammer. Rick Jones also had another precursor, Ricky Davis the sidekick of Captain Flash, the accident that creates said captain Flash is a Cobalt radiation explosion, the Captain like the the Hulk shields Rick with his own body from the radiation and is forever changed. The story of a Prisoner of war being assisted in getting superpowers by a self sacrificing fellow prisoner/mad scientist, was also used as the origin story for "The destroyer" Stan Lee's first ever superhero story.

[@psychdlc]

And speaking of The Destroyer, he was a direct inspiration for Drax The Destroyer (yup, the green guy from the Guardians of the Galaxy). If you look at the way Drax appeared when he was first created by Jim Starlin and Mike Friedrich in 1973, you'll notice some obvious similarities, like the goofy looking widow's peak skullcap, and the skull emblem on the chest.

[@brunoportodesign]

Amazing episode!

[@dawg065]

The Spider queen used web shooters She also swung from her webs and also used them to capture criminals. And wore a red and blue costume.

[@Frst2nxt]

Great presentation. It covered a lot of things I hadn't already come across

[@stefanschleps8758]

Damn CBH and here I thought I had a good collection. If your giving yours away I'll give it a good home, I promise.

[@dabfacekillah2474]

Great vid!!!!

[@ComicExcitement]

Alex 😃 Thanks for the fascinating history of characters!👍 I wonder if you can still go to school in Tibet to become a superhero?

[@ComicBookHistorians]

Well it depends on the curriculum of their homeopathic medical schools!

[@jeremycline9542]

Black Bat being a blinded DA was worked into Matt Murdock Amazing Man was used for Doctor Strange and for Peter Cannon

[@hydrolito]

There was also a Wild Cat in DC comics and Fox dressed similar to Black Panther in Archie comics company book. Mercury the roman messenger of the gods (which is fast) is sometimes called Quick Silver as it the liquid metal mercury is also called Quick Silver. The Spider 1933 Pulp magazine character and appeared in serial film The Spider's Web 1938 where he battled villain called the Octopus and Timely comics Claire Voyant also called Black Widow both appeared before the Tarantula. Chandu the magician 1930 radio character, and 1932 serial film also similar to Dr. Strange.

[@raphaelandrews3617]

Marvel was a serial in the 1930 then it was later captain marvel. I can be found on KZbin

[@Cervando]

The Heap actually inspired both Manthing and Swampthing. Spider-man also borrowed his web shooters from Spider Queen.

[@Cervando]

@@robmckenney666 He never mentioned Swampthing hence I said he inspired BOTH...

[@CArchivist]

Fass’s Captain Marvel and Quality’s Bozo the Iron Man needed to be mentioned here. Especially Fass’s CM who had to be bought out by Goodman to fully obtain the full trademark

[@ComicBookHistorians]

definitely mentioned in my upcoming book, Understanding Superhero Comic Books by McFarland books. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/understanding-superhero-comic-books/

[@jeffreycoogan09]

DC's "The Martian Manhunter" is actually a lot more similar to the golden age "Vision".

[@gm2407]

I think the Hulk is ultimately Jeykle and Hyde as the litrature source.

[@finaltheorygames1781]

There is a quote that goes something like this "there is no such thing as an original idea".

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Wow.That original Daredevil comic from before Marvel, has on the cover, a villain that sure looks alot like the face of one of Marvel's Skrulls at around 1:40..

[@13thwho]

There was another Captain Marvel published by M.F.Enterprises a couple of years before Marvel’s version. He was an android from a destroyed planet, whose special word was “Split”, which enabled him to break off parts of his body. He could also make his street clothes appear and vanish at will. His teen sidekick was Billy Baxton (Batson?). Talk about a mash-up of superheroes.

[@ComicBookHistorians]

For an improved volume experience on all devices, here is this same episode with improved sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2G2e2iXfLNsrKM

[@cellmate1]

Wow!!

[@crosscontamination5990]

You should do a video to show how you make videos like this

[@skyedragon6379]

Just an interesting fact, characters in DC and Marvel with the same name! I am sure there are more, these are just off the top of my head; Dr. Doom Boomerang Captain Marvel Guardian Blockbuster Sandman Enchantress Sentinal Tarantula Changeling Atlas Andromeda Catseye Bushmaster Destiny Firebird Jack O'Lantern Impulse Jester Lilith Medusa Nemesis Miss America Mockingbird Nightshade Nighthawk Wizard Oracle Onslaught Orphan Ares Atom Smasher Scarecrow Deadeye Some are more important in Marvel, some are more important in DC, and some are about the same in importance.

[@astrocitizen]

9:00 -- A more famous (infamous?) Iron Man predecessor was a Quality Comics back-up feature called "Hugh Hazzard and his Robot, Bozo the Iron Man". No, really. It was another proto-Big Guy and Rusty or Robot Archie series wherein the "suit of armor" was a robot big enough for the eponymous hero to climb up inside of and pilot.

[@Cervando]

I also think the Golden Age Metalo, with one L, also looks very like the original Iron Man and with his green cloak, Dr. Doom as well.

[@hoosierwood]

Silver-age Quicksilver. Could have said something about GA Whizzer.

[@macsnafu]

You missed another Golden Age Thor. In Weird Comics #1, cover date April 1940 by Fox Features Syndicate, has a story about "Thor, The God of Thunder" by Wright Lincoln and Pierce Rice. "Grant Farrel, an ordinary mortal, is suddenly invested with the supernatural powers of the ancient god Thor, Son of Odin, Supreme Ruler of Valhalla. " He didn't last long. A few issues later, Wright Lincoln wrote stories about Dynamite Thor, but that character had nothing to do with the Norse god, in spite of his name. comicbookplus.com/?dlid=16579

[@KajiRider1997]

9:58 Errr you know this trope is older right? Before the Green Lama the Shadow also did it. That's what Batman Begins rips off. and the VERY first character who did it was Rocambole. Who is France's first anti-hero from the 1860s. www.coolfrenchcomics.com/Rocambole0.jpg You also didn't mention how Iron Fists and Green Arrow's origins are just minor variations on this origin.

[@SpideyRules-pq6be]

There are also precursors to Angel and Groot.

[@g00gleminus96]

I am groot

[@agentzero4802]

Reign of Superman 33>>>>≥>teacher Charles Xavier from X-Men

[@grantsapain]

You forgot the angel😎

[@jakeproven256]

I'm willing to bet quality comics quicksilver is way more interesting than marvels quicksilver.

[@davidscott3820]

What about "big bang" comics?

[@BurnRoddy]

Steve Rogers had an ancestor named Hercules.

[@sharkfinbite]

Shazam lawsuit isn't complete bull crap. He was in fact created to be a none copy right infringement knock off of superman to jump onto the new super hero superman craze. So he is a copy. The problem is the fact he is a none copy right infringement superman. He has enough to be like superman but still different to be his own unique character. He isn't hurting the copyright. That is why it sucks.

[@Jamesalec63]

The heroes of the golden Age timeless and those names a version of the similar historic age of comics go further back to novels and stories about heroes and the fact that heroes come from the pages of famous books through out history and right back the legends of the old world of our ancient writers the very most common thing is a good story or imagination to put pen to paper and myths to bring those characters to life, and to be able to tell the readers of the fable and tale that heroes are still human beings just have unusual powers or their story isn't always strictly normal however the way of many storybooks and comics do have many codes about how hero must act and treat the world but it changes of the course of their own stories and beliefs through time no hero remains the same with different writers and characters that come and go names change or the origin of the hero alters through his or her own regeneration or something big or small turns their way from being a hero to someone who walks both sides of good or evil? Hero isn't one it's many a single theme or a idea just given a name like Doctor or Nurse and soldier and Policeman/women but their human, legend start somewhere on pages or has a true story?

[@lowlypeasant]

Mind = blown Childhood = ruined

[@kevinpillar6934]

Do you know Fatman? the green Shazam he has a weird is power set

[@ovalvox7888]

The Heap would be closer to Man-Thing and Swamp-Thing than the Hulk. Bozo the Iron Man would be closer to the original All gray Iron Man. There is Jack Frost and Iceman just to name a few.

[@mikestone2279]

Horrible audio bro

[@ComicBookHistorians]

Please see highlighted comment for the link where the same video can be seen with improved volume. Unfortunately KZbin doesn’t let us replace files with better audio hence a different link. Thanks

[@mikestone2279]

Comic Book Historians great content

[@Dynamo001]

It just makes me sad that the comic book industry is more of a corrupt business than people imagine. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby get credit as original creators, but the reality is they took from existing properties and storylines to produce what we know as mainstream Marvel comic book characters. Nothing great about that.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Marvel Comics: plagiarism at it's highest form.

[@user-xf1zl8kj2b]

Same for dc comics