<Tr> <Td> Dick Tracy </Td> <Td> 1931 (October 4) </Td> <Td> Chester Gould </Td> <Td> Newspaper Comic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Flash Gordon </Td> <Td> 1934 (January 7) </Td> <Td> Alex Raymond </Td> <Td> Newspaper Comic </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Character / Team </Th> <Th> Year Debuted </Th> <Th> Company </Th> <Th> Creator / s </Th> <Th> First Appearance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doctor Occult (Doctor Mystic) </Td> <Td> 1935 (October) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster </Td> <Td> New Fun Comics #6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Clock </Td> <Td> 1936 (November) </Td> <Td> Comics Magazine Co </Td> <Td> George Brenner </Td> <Td> Funny Pages #6 or Funny Picture Stories #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sheena, Queen of the Jungle </Td> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> Fiction House </Td> <Td> Will Eisner and S.M. "Jerry" Iger </Td> <Td> Wags #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Superman (Clark Kent) </Td> <Td> 1938 (June) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster </Td> <Td> Action Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zatara </Td> <Td> 1938 (June) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Fred Guardineer </Td> <Td> Action Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americommando (Harold "Tex" Thompson) </Td> <Td> 1938 (June) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Ken Fitch, Bernard Baily </Td> <Td> Action Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fatman (Bob Daley) </Td> <Td> 1938 (July) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Ken Fitch, Bernard Baily </Td> <Td> Action Comics #2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arrow </Td> <Td> 1938 (September) </Td> <Td> Centaur Publications </Td> <Td> Paul Gustavson </Td> <Td> Funny Pages vol. 2 #10 (or #21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis) </Td> <Td> 1938 (October) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Jim Chambers </Td> <Td> Detective Comics #20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Batman (Bruce Wayne) </Td> <Td> 1939 (March) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Bob Kane, Bill Finger </Td> <Td> Detective Comics #27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Namor the Sub-Mariner </Td> <Td> 1939 (April) </Td> <Td> Marvel / Timely </Td> <Td> Bill Everett </Td> <Td> Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wonder Man (Fox) </Td> <Td> 1939 (May) </Td> <Td> Fox Publications </Td> <Td> Will Eisner </Td> <Td> Wonder Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Flame (Gary Preston) </Td> <Td> 1939 (June) </Td> <Td> Fox Publications </Td> <Td> Will Eisner </Td> <Td> Wonderworld Comics #3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sandman (Wesley Dodds) </Td> <Td> 1939 (July) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Gardner Fox, Bert Christman </Td> <Td> World's Fair Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blue Beetle (Dan Garret) </Td> <Td> 1939 (August) </Td> <Td> Fox Publications </Td> <Td> Charles Nicholas </Td> <Td> Mystery Men Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Green Mask (Michael Shelby) </Td> <Td> 1939 (August) </Td> <Td> Fox Publications </Td> <Td> Walter Frehm </Td> <Td> Mystery Men Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bozo the Iron Man </Td> <Td> 1939 (August) </Td> <Td> Quality Comics </Td> <Td> George Brenner </Td> <Td> Smash Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Amazing - Man (Centaur Publications) </Td> <Td> 1939 (September) </Td> <Td> Centaur Publications </Td> <Td> Bill Everett </Td> <Td> Amazing - Man Comics #5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Human Torch (Jim Hammond, original) </Td> <Td> 1939 (October) </Td> <Td> Marvel / Timely </Td> <Td> Carl Burgos </Td> <Td> Marvel Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angel (Thomas Halloway) </Td> <Td> 1939 (October) </Td> <Td> Marvel / Timely </Td> <Td> Paul Gustavson </Td> <Td> Marvel Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shock Gibson </Td> <Td> 1939 (October) </Td> <Td> Brookwood Publications </Td> <Td> Maurice Scott </Td> <Td> Speed Comics #1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ultra-Man (Gary Concord, Jr .) </Td> <Td> 1939 (November) </Td> <Td> DC </Td> <Td> Jon L. Blummer </Td> <Td> All - American Comics #8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doll Man </Td> <Td> 1939 (December) </Td> <Td> Quality Comics </Td> <Td> Will Eisner </Td> <Td> Feature Comics #27 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Character / Team </Th> <Th> Year Debuted </Th> <Th> Company </Th> <Th> Creator / s </Th> <Th> First Appearance </Th> </Tr>

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