Five Comic Book facts you may not know

#2 Marvel almost owned DC In 1984 comics were not selling very well and head of Warner Communications’ publishing Bill Sarnoff approached Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter about licensing the rights to the DC universe. Shooter, however, shot him down claiming that DC characters would not sell because they were not very good. We can only imagine a world where Marvel and DC existed in one universe.

#3 Wonder Woman and the Lie Detector Psychologist William Moulton Marston, the creator of the most popular female superhero of all time the Amazonian Princess Diana aka Wonder Woman, is also the creator of the first lie detector test - the systolic blood pressure test. As comic fans would know Wonder Woman’s main weapon is her lasso of truth which can compel people to tell the truth. So Marston was all about people being honest.

#4 The secret origin of Kryptonite The Man of Steel Superman has two main weaknesses - magic and kryptonite.

The latter, a fragment of his destroyed home planet Krypton, can render him weak instantly and potentially kill him. While most people are familiar with kryptonite from the comics, cartoons, video games, television shows and movies what many people may not know is that kryptonite actually originated in the 1943 Adventures of Superman radio show so the Superman voice actor, Bud Collyer, could take a vacation.

Now that is one way to get out of work.

#5 Original Superman comic the most valuable ever Some people dream that they will find an old box of comic books and find out that one of them a major collector’s item and worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. But the most expensive comic is a near mint copy of Action Comics #1 which features the very first appearance of Superman. If you want to get your hands on a copy it will only set you back US $1 million.

Sources: Screenrant, Whatculture