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Timeline of DC Comics (1950s)

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The 1950s was the birth of many relevant characters and marked a resolution between DC Comics and Fawcett comics. This led to DC Comics adopting multiple Fawcett Comics characters, like Hopalong Cassidy.

Some relevant characters that were created during this decade are Deadshot, Lana Lang, Killer Moth, Dr. Thirteen, Rex The Wonder Dog, Firefly, Martian Manhunter, Batwoman, Iris Allen, Captain Cold, Brainiac, Supergirl, Calendar Man, Phantom Stranger, and Bizarro.

This decade also included the first uses of certain ideas or concepts, like the Red Hood backstory for the Joker and the Fortress of Solitude, alongside being the first decade in which teamwork between Superman and Batman occurred.

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  1. ^ White, James (October 28, 2015). "From Slipknot To Captain Boomering (And Back Again): Meet The Suicide Squad". Empire. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. [Deadshot] was originally created by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz in 1950 as a prime villain for Batman.
  2. ^ Irvine, Alex; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1950s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC picked up on renewed public interest in science fiction by launching its first comic in the genre, the anthology series, Strange Adventures. The series kicked off its 244-issue run with an adaptation of the first color science fiction movie, Destination Moon (released that same month), written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Curt Swan. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Bill Finger (w), John Sikela (p), Ed Dobrotka (i). "The Girl in Superboy's Life!" Superboy, no. 10 (September–October 1950).