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
The Amazing Mr X (comics) The Amazing Mr X (comics) The Amazing Mr X was a British comics character who appeared in "The Dandy" in 1944-1945. He is regarded as Britain's first superhero. He was drawn by Jack Glass, and reappeared drawn by Dudley Watkins in the 1962 "Dandy Book". Recreating him was the objective for entrants of the 2012 Dundee Comics Prize. The winner was cartoonist Steve Marchant with his humorous tale of an 88 year-old Mr X still attempting to fight the good fight. Publisher DC Thomson recreated him later that year for the digital relaunch of "The Dandy", as part of a