Editing Superhero (section)

===1960s===
It is arguable that the [[Marvel Comics]] teams of the early 1960s brought the biggest assortment of superheroes ever at one time into permanent publication, the likes of [[Spider-Man]], [[The Hulk]], [[Iron Man]], [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]], [[Nick Fury]], [[Thor (comic book)|Thor]], [[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]] (featuring a rebooted [[Captain America]], Thor, Hulk, [[Ant-Man]] and [[Quicksilver (comics)|Quicksilver]]), and many others were given their own monthly titles.

Typically the superhero supergroups featured at least one (and often the only) female member, much like DC's flagship superhero team the [[Justice League of America]] (whose initial roster included Wonder Woman as the [[tokenism|token female]]); examples include the [[Fantastic Four]]'s [[Invisible Woman|Invisible Girl]], the [[X-Men]]'s [[Jean Grey]] (originally known as [[Marvel Girl]]), the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]' [[Wasp (comics)|Wasp]], and the [[Brotherhood of Mutants]]' [[Scarlet Witch]] (who later joined the Avengers) with her brother, Quicksilver.

In 1963, ''[[Astro Boy]]'' was adapted into a highly influential [[anime]] television series. ''[[Phantom Agents]]'' in 1964 focused on [[ninjas]] working for the Japanese government and would be the foundation for [[Sentai]]-type series. 1966 saw the debut of the sci-fi/horror series ''[[Ultra Q]]'' created by [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] this would eventually lead to the sequel ''[[Ultraman (1966 TV series)|Ultraman]]'', spawning a [[Ultra Series|successful franchise]] which pioneered the [[Kyodai Hero]] subgenre where the superheroes would be as big as giant monsters (''[[kaiju]]'') that they fought.

The ''kaiju'' monster [[Godzilla]], originally a villain, began being portrayed as a radioactive superhero in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' films]],<ref name="Huffington">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-lankes/godzillas-secret-history_b_5192284.html|title=Godzilla's Secret History|last=Lankes|first=Kevin|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=June 22, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717085529/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-lankes/godzillas-secret-history_b_5192284.html|url-status=live}}</ref> starting with ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grebey |first1=James |title=The history of Ghidorah, Godzilla's rival for the title of King of the Monsters |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-history-of-ghidorah-godzillas-rival-for-the-title-of-king-of-the-monsters |website=[[Syfy Wire]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |access-date=27 May 2020 |date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808005447/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-history-of-ghidorah-godzillas-rival-for-the-title-of-king-of-the-monsters |url-status=live }}</ref> By the 1970s, Godzilla came to be viewed as a superhero, with the magazine ''King of the Monsters'' in 1977 describing Godzilla as "Superhero of the '70s."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glut |first1=Donald F. |chapter=Godzilla, Saurian Superhero |title=Jurassic Classics: A Collection of Saurian Essays and Mesozoic Musings |date=2001 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-0-7864-6246-9 |page=225 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5znudeYRzEC&pg=PA225 |access-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807023559/https://books.google.com/books?id=O5znudeYRzEC&pg=PA225 |url-status=live }}</ref>