Comic book superheroes and their relationship to American science fiction of the 1930s and 1940s
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1983-201X.111643Keywords:
Super-heróis, Histórias em quadrinhos, Ficção científica.Abstract
Science fiction and comic books share similarities and can even overlap: there is science fiction in the format of comic books, but not all comic books are science fication (and vice versa). The purpose of this article is to analyze both of their trajectories, point out similarities and how American science fiction contributed to the creation of superheroes in the 1930s and 1940s that continue to be a great success today, eighty years later. To this end, it discusses the publishing market at the time, the creation of pulps and comic books and how various names linked to science fiction migrated to comic books, bringing with them ideas about the genre. Finally, the article also mentions the unusual intersection of a group of fans and sci-fi writers known as The Futurians with a Batman story
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