Superhero comics

Superhero comics
Cover of Wow Comics 38 (September/October 1941)
Authors	Jack Kirby Stan Lee Dennis O'Neil Alan Moore Steve Ditko
Publishers	DC Comics Marvel Comics Image Comics Valiant Comics Charlton Comics
Publications	Superman Batman The Amazing Spider-Man Watchmen Astro City
Series	The Death of Superman Gods and Mortals Days of Future Past The Night Gwen Stacy Died Snowbirds Don't Fly
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Superhero comics is one of the most common genres of American comic books. The genre rose to prominence in the 1930s and became extremely popular in the 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters inhabit.

Beginning with the introduction of Superman in 1938 in Action Comics #1 (an anthology of adventure features) comic books devoted to superheroes (heroic people with extraordinary or superhuman abilities and skills, or god-like powers and attributes) ballooned into a widespread genre, coincident with the beginnings of World War II and the end of the Great Depression.