American comic book Kane and Bill Finger created Batman, who debuted in "Detective Comics" #27 (1939). The period from the late 1930s through roughly the end of the 1940s is referred to by comic book experts as the Golden Age of comic books. It featured extremely large print-runs, with "Action Comics" and "Captain Marvel" selling over half a million copies a month each; comics provided very popular cheap entertainment during World War II especially among soldiers, but with erratic quality in stories, art, and printing. In the early 1940s over 90 percent of girls and boys from seven to seventeen read comic books.
Paul Friedrich (comic artist) Paul Friedrich (comic artist) Paul Friedrich is an American comics artist native from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the creator of the popular characters Onion Head Monster and Hubie the Dead Cow (among many others). He is also the creator of HellCar comics, DVD, unconference, and empire. In 2007 Friedrich was nominated for an Eisner Award for his book, "Onion Head Monster Attacks". The book was nominated in the Best Humor Publication category. He lost to Bob Burden's "Flaming Carrot". Friedrich also designed the album covers, poster art and logo for all the CDs released by Monty Warren & the