Los Angeles Emergency Repeater Association

QUESTION:

Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman:  Which comic book superhero is oldest? (Based upon when they first appeared in a comic book).

ANSWER:

Superman

EXPLANATION:

Among the four superheroes, Spiderman is the youngest. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Marvel Comic’s Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962.  So Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) is 50 years old this month.

Wonder Woman a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston first appeared in All Star Comics #8 in December 1941.  So the warrior princess of the Amazons is 70 years old.

Batman a comic book superhero created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939.  That makes the Caped Crusader 73.

Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June 1938 making the Man of Steel 74 years old.  And that makes Superman the oldest among our four superheroes.

NET CHECK IN’S:

We had a total of 37 people check into the Net tonight and a whole bunch of them had the correct answer to tonight’s Trivia Question.  Congratulations to:

• KI6AIX – Dennis
• KF6AVW – David
• AC6C – Cliff
• KD6DKH – Fred
• N2DRO – Alan
• KJ6DUG – Larry
• W6ELL – Jim
• KJ6FJY – Murray
• KI6GRC – Nacho
• N6GTC – Brad
• N6KAS – Andy
• K6LMN – Andy
• KJ6LPE – Al
• KA6LUI – David
• W6MCN – Marty
• K6MSU – Ron
• W6NVY – Gary
• KG6RDA – Sidney
• KF6ZQM – Harry
• W6REH – Roy
• AD6UP – Louie
• WA6USL – Murray
• KB6YVA – Bob

As always, we want to thank everyone for checking into the Net and supporting the clubs that put it on.