No portrait survives of Robert Hooke. His name is somewhat obscure today, due in part to the enmity of his famous, influential, and extremely vindictive colleague, Sir Isaac Newton. Yet Hooke was perhaps the single greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century.ooke's reputation in the history of biology largely rests on his book Micrographia, published in 1665. Hooke devised the compound microscope and illumination system shown above, one of the best such microscopes of his time, and used it in his demonstrations at the Royal Society's meetings.
His first effort, Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), featured the first appearances of writer-artist Carl Burgos' superhero, the Human Torch, and Paul Gustavson's costumed detective The Angel. As well, it contained the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett's mutant/anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, created for the unpublished movie-theater ...
Or as the comic book superhero. Ths first comic book super hero (ordinary Person was some magician) But when it comes to superheros. DC was the company. Superman, the original superhero, was created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. His first appearance was in Action Comics #1. With Marvel it was Carl Burgos' android superhero, the Human Torch in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939).