By Jon Morris
You recognize approximately Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, yet have you ever heard of Doll guy, surgeon Hormone, or Spider Queen? within the League of Regrettable Superheroes, you’ll meet 100 of the strangest superheroes ever to determine print, entire with backstories, classic paintings, and colourful observation. So organize your self for such not-ready-for-prime-time heroes as Bee guy (Batman, yet with bees), the Clown (circus-themed crimebuster), the attention (a immense, floating eyeball; simply settle for it), and lots of different oddballs and oddities. Drawing at the complete heritage of the medium, The League of Regrettable Superheroes will entice die-hard comics enthusiasts, informal comics readers, and someone who enjoys peering into the stranger corners of father culture.
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He also refers to Hitler as “The Beast” and keeps a laser focus on his mission. Other superheroes who made the Nazis their personal targets were at times distracted by saboteurs, crooks, gangsters, thugs, and the occasional weird creature or supervillain. But not the Conqueror—for him, it was always Berlin or bust! ” After four appearances, the Conqueror folded, along with his magazine, leaving the dispatching of the führer in the capable hands of the Allied forces. DOCTOR HORMONE “You want to stop death—I can stop it!
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So, if the character turned out to be so popular, why didn’t his original incarnation catch on? Sadly, Amazing-Man could fight everything but the competition. A crowded marketplace drove the publisher, Centaur, out of business, and Amazing-Man into obscurity. ATOMAN “There’s no doubt about it! ” Created by: Ken Crossen and Jerry Robinson Debuted in: Atoman #1 (Spark, February 1946) Atomic number: Zero � 1946 by Spark VEN IN THE RELATIVELY innocent Golden Age of comics, superheroes were no strangers to the peculiar—and unlikely—benefits of prolonged exposure to radioactivity.