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| | Don Markstein's Toonopedia: DC Comics |
 | | And its Action Comics was the first to feature a superhero Superman, who quickly became the first hit character to emerge from the fledgling comic book medium, and the first character to star in his own regularly-published comic book. |
 | | Leading Comics and Comic Cavalcade converted to funny animals, More Fun to general humor, All-American and All Star to western, Sensation to mystery, and Star-Spangled to war stories, while Flash ceased entirely. |
 | | In the '50s, DC also published science fiction, spy stories, teenage humor, romance, and even celebrity vehicles Pat Boone, Bob Hope and several other stars appeared in their own regularly-published DC comics. |
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