Bob Kane his first adventure strip, "Rusty and his Pals". In early 1939, DC's success with the seminal superhero Superman in "Action Comics" prompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceived "the Bat-Man." Kane said his influences for the character included actor Douglas Fairbanks' film portrayal of the swashbuckler Zorro; Leonardo da Vinci's diagram of the ornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings; and the 1930 film "The Bat Whispers", based on Mary Rinehart's mystery novel "The Circular Staircase" (1908). Bill Finger joined Bob Kane's nascent studio in 1938. An aspiring writer and part-time shoe salesperson,
The Incredible Hulk (comic book) "Indestructible Hulk", by writer Mark Waid and artist Leinil Yu. "Hulk" vol. 2 became "Red She-Hulk" with issue #58 (Dec. 2012). In 2017, "The Incredible Hulk" was relaunched with issue #709 with the series using "legacy numbering". However, the main character will be Amadeus Cho instead of Bruce Banner, since Cho succeeded Banner as the Hulk as shown in the "Totally Awesome Hulk" series The Incredible Hulk (comic book) The Incredible Hulk is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero the Hulk and his alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner. First published in May 1962, the series ran