Superhero film as action, horror, fantasy, comedy etc. Almost immediately after superheroes rose to prominence in comic books, they were adapted into Saturday film serials aimed at children, starting with "Mandrake The Magician" (1939). Serials such as "Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941), "Batman" (1943), "The Phantom" (1943), "Captain America" (1944), and "Superman" (1948) followed. In the following decades, the decline of Saturday serials and turmoil in the comic book industry put an end to superhero motion pictures, with the exception of "Superman and the Mole Men", starring George Reeves, which was a trial balloon for the television series "Adventures of Superman", compilations
Kobra (comic book) "Cat Claw". The main character of the comic is a young Yugoslav Slobodan Marković, nicknamed Kobra. Kobra is a stunt man, a martial artist and an adventurer. Kobra's adversaries include the mafia, drug dealers, blackmailers, killers and even Marvel Universe-like supervillain War Queen. In later episodes, Kobra got a partner named Cindy Williams. Kobra (comic book) Kobra (trans. "Cobra") was a Yugoslav comic book created by artist Branislav Kerac and writer Svetozar Obradović. The main character of the comic is a young stunt man, nicknamed Kobra. After ending their cooperation with publisher Dnevnik, artist Branislav Kerac and writer Svetozar Obradović