Batman was not always at the top of the DC slate, with two other superhero movies managing to land movies before the Dark Knight in the 1940s.

The first superhero movie ever was based on a DC character, who years later caused huge legal issues with Marvel, and was eventually renamed.

Captain Marvel was another hero that made his debut in "Whiz Comics #2" in the late 1939 published by Fawcett Comics. It featured a 12-year-old orphaned newsboy named Billy Batson who can ...