Who was Marvel’s first hero?

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There were actually two: Human Torch and Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Both were created in 1939, when the publisher was still called Timely Comics. They debuted in the company’s first magazine, the Marvel Comics #1.

Some consider Dating the first superhero, as he was in the magazine Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly #1, which was presented to theater owners for distribution in theaters. However, it was not published because the businessmen did not want to finance it. Torch and Namor. fought together in HQ The invaders and then they got their own magazine: The Human Torch It is Sub Mariner Comicsrespectively, which lasted until 1949. With the emergence of Marvelin 1961, Namor was reinvented as an anti-hero and a new version of the Torch became part of the Fantastic Four.

Curiosity: The Human Torch is not the same as the Fantastic Four – this one only appeared in the 60s, in Fantastic Four magazine nº 1.

CONSULTANCY: Érico Borgo, editor-in-chief of the Omelete website, and Sérgio Campos, editor of the Marvel 616 website.