When Did a Woman First Draw Batman, Spider-Man and Superman?
CBR ExclusivesIn their latest spotlight on notable comic book firsts, CSBG reveals who were the first women to draw Batman, Spider-Man and Superman comics!
Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for over a dozen years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books about comics for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! His next book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, is due out from Triumph Books in April 2018. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports at his website, Legends Revealed. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories about comic books that you'd like to see featured at brianc@cbr.com!
In their latest spotlight on notable comic book firsts, CSBG reveals who were the first women to draw Batman, Spider-Man and Superman comics!
In their latest look at recurring plot points, CSBG spotlights times that Doctor Doom's latest villainous plot involved him getting married!
In their latest spotlight on notable comic firsts, CSBG reveals when famed Superman writer Elliot S. Maggin first became credited as Elliot S! Maggin.
In their latest look at long-resolved comic book plots, CSBG reveals the oddly long time it took to get Shalla-Bal out of being a Latverian peasant.
In honor of the late Stan Lee, our readers voted on what they felt were his greatest comic book stories. The countdown of his best stories continues!
In their spotlight on indie comic series, CSBG looks at Atabay Sarami and Kostas Pantoulas' modern horror series, 21st Century Man.
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover the Avengers comic book story that was a reworked Harlan Ellison Hawkman story that DC rejected!
In honor of the late Stan Lee, our readers voted on what they felt were his greatest comic book stories. The countdown of his best stories continues!
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover how Incredible Hercules was originally going to be a superhero team book!
The 1990s saw a boom in nonsports trading cards, leading to some of the wildest and weirdest sets imaginable. See how many you have in your collection.
In the latest Movie Legends Revealed, find out whether critics really believed that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs might blind the audience.
We asked you to vote for your favorite comic stories that Stan Lee wrote and we now begin our countdown of the 100 Greatest Stan Lee Stories Ever Told
In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, find out whether our first sight of Magneto without his helmet was meant to evoke Quicksilver's appearance!
This week, our artists show off their pieces from the past year that didn't get a chance to be finished for that week's Line it is Drawn!
In their latest spotlight on notable comic firsts, CSBG reveals when Aquaman first visited Atlantis in the comic books.
Comic book companies have a long history of coloring Asian characters embarrassing colors, but Shang-Chi stayed 'golden' far longer than others.
In their latest look at inexplicable comic book plots, CSBG spotlights the continuity foul-up of Nightwing and Starfire being married in Flash's comic
Over the course of his long career in comics, Stan Lee co-created many superheroes. Who was his first superhero creation? We try to find out!
In their spotlight on indie comic series, CSBG looks at James Stimpson and Liana Recchione's dark tale of a Santa with a different Christmas list.
In their latest look at recurring plot points, CSBG spotlights times that superheroes left the Earth and then ended up in alien gladiator arenas.