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1902

Created by
Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner

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Cover of Hugo Hercules

United States1902

Hugo Hercules.

Hugo Hercules was an American weekly comic strip published in the Chicago Tribune, written and drawn by Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner. It ran for five months, from September 7, 1902, to January 11, 1903, totaling seventeen strips. Despite its short run, it is considered the earliest superhero fiction comic.

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Type
comic strip
Country
United States
Published
1902
Language
English
The story

Hugo Hercules, in three panels

  1. 1902. Hugo Hercules begins in United States.

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