A man dressed as Batman and other costumed comic book heroes chased a suspected handbag thief in Norwich, England, and helped recover the stolen property. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/ for Warner Bros.)
For decades, “comic books” and “super-heroes” have been synonymous. But for a few years in the 1950s, the super-hero genre looked like a fad of the previous decade, soon to be relegated to a footnote in the history of the medium. In July of 1956, over one hundred and seventy comic book titles were published.…
