SUPER ANIMAL: Marvel Comics Superhero

Saturday 21 July 2012

Marvel Comics Superhero

A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of stock character possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers" and dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes—ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas—have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other media. The word itself dates to at least 1917.A female superhero is sometimes called a super heroine (also rendered super-heroine or super heroine). "SUPER HEROES" is a trademark co-owned by DC Comics and Marvel Comics.Superheroes are authentically American, spawning from The Great Depression era By most definitions, characters do not strictly require actual superhuman powers to be deemed superheroes.