Created by Fawcett Publications editor/writer Bill Parker and artist Jon Smalle, Bulletman debuted in the launch of the series Nickel Comics (cover-dated May 1940). The character Jim Barr was the son ...

Underworld Crime #7 is not only the last issue of the series, it's part of the end of an era for Fawcett. The publisher almost certainly knew by the time this issue hit the stands that it would exit ...

DC has made it onto countless pieces of merchandise, appeared at the movies, and taken over TV, yet what the "DC" stands for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Shazam!, in theaters today, is not shy about its comic book roots: the movie features Freddy ...

Captain Marvel, aka Shazam, first appeared in 1939 in Whiz Comics #2 (fun fact: there is no #1) from Fawcett Comics, a year after Superman exploded onto the scene. He was popular, and in fact was the ...