INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: The History of Comics

How long have comics been popular?

• More than a thousand years.

• More than 100 years.

• About 50 years.

• About 10 years.

The first comic appeared in what year?

• 1027

• 2022

• 1962

• 1896

The first comic was called _____.

• Superman

• Batman

• Yellow Kid

• Purple Rain

The first comics appeared...

• in the Sunday newspaper.

• on TV.

• in magazines.

• in advertisements.

Comic strip artists started to use ___ to tell people what the characters were saying.

• word balloons

• speech bubbles

• audio tapes

• panels

Panels were used to show...

• ...advertisements.

• ...to separate the comics from the news articles.

• ...a series of events.

• ...what people were saying.

In the 1930s, comic strips were converted into...

• comic books.

• recycled boxes.

• movies.

• TV shows.

Who was the first comic book character to have super powers?

• Batman

• Superman

• Iron Man

• Wolverine

The Superman Comic Books were so popular that over _____ copies were sold per issue.

• one million

• one hundred thousand

• one billion

• one quintillion

Other comic book heroes — Batman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Superwoman — became popular, and they all fought ________.

• vampires

• aliens

• monsters

• villains