Clayface Clayface Clayface is an alias used by several fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Most incarnations of the character possess clay-like bodies and shape-shifting abilities, and all of them have been depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman. In 2009, Clayface was ranked as IGN's 73rd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the original Clayface (Basil Karlo) appeared in "Detective Comics" #40 (June 1940) as a B-list actor who began a life of crime using the identity of a villain that he had portrayed in a horror
Superhero fiction detective the Clock, who debuted in Centaur Publications' "Funny Pages" #6 (Nov. 1936). Historians point to the first appearance of Superman, created by Jerome "Jerry" Siegel and designed by Joseph "Joe" Shuster, in "Action Comics" #1 (June 1938) as the debut of the comic-book archetype of the superhero. Outside the American comics industry, superpowered, costumed heroes such as Ōgon Bat (1931) and the (1930s), were visualized in painted panels used by kamishibai oral storytellers in Japan. In 1938, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who had previously worked in pulp science fiction magazines, introduced Superman. (Siegel, as the writer,