Marvel Comics teenager, something with which many readers could identify. Lee and freelance artist and eventual co-plotter Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four originated in a Cold War culture that led their creators to revise the superhero conventions of previous eras to better reflect the psychological spirit of their age. Eschewing such comic-book tropes as secret identities and even costumes at first, having a monster as one of the heroes, and having its characters bicker and complain in what was later called a "superheroes in the real world" approach, the series represented a change that proved to be a great success. Marvel often presented
Mr. Scarlet Mr. Scarlet Mr. Scarlet is a fictional, comic book superhero published by Fawcett Comics, and later by DC Comics. Brian Butler, the original Mister Scarlet, debuted in "Wow Comics" #1 (cover-dated Winter 1940-41), and was created by France Herron and Jack Kirby. Mr. Scarlet, created by writer France Herron and artist Jack Kirby debuted in Fawcett Comics' "Wow Comics" #1 (Winter 1940-41) and was the cover feature for five issues of that anthology comic. He later appeared in Fawcett's "Mary Marvel" #9 (Feb. 1947). After the Fawcett properties were acquired by National Comics Publications, the future DC Comics, Mr. Scarlet