Superhero comics Innocent" and the investigations of The Senate Subcommittee hearings on juvenile delinquency. Beginning in the 1950s, DC began publishing revised versions of their 1940s superhero characters such as The Flash and Green Lantern with more of a science fiction focus. Marvel Comics followed suit in the 1960s, introducing characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, the X-Men and Iron Man who featured more complex personalities which had more dramatic potential. Superhero Comics became much more political and dealt with social issues such as the short-lived run of "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams and
Fantastic Comics Fantastic Comics Fantastic Comics was an American comic book superhero anthology title published by Fox Feature Syndicate during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title introduced the characters Banshee, Black Fury (John Perry), Nagana, Queen of Evil, Samson, and Stardust the Super Wizard. The first issue is cover-dated December 1939. Fantastic Comics continued to run until issue #23 in November 1941. Most of the characters appearing in "Fantastic Comics" eventually fell into the public domain. In 2008, as part of the Next Issue Project, Image Comics revived the title with a single issue, "#24." This issue features the following