Development of Comics By PrisAcosta 1896 Yellow Kid 1897 Speech balloons; story panels 1907 Daily comics 1933 First Comic books 1934 Flash Gordon 1938 First Superman 1939 Popular with war soldiers from 1939-1945 1941 Calling All Girls, first comic for girls 1950 First comics for grownups 1954 Standards for comic books set by Comics Code Authority 1970 Comic book collecting 2000 Present: Motion pictures based on comics Motion pictures based on comic books
