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Here's a small JavaScript quiz to test you comic book history knowldge. Let's see how well you do. Good luck!

1. WARM-UP: Superman first appeared in...

Detective Comics #1
Marvel Comics #1
Action Comics #1
Sensational Comics #1

2. The Comics Code Authority is blamed for the failer of what comic company?

EC Comics
Harvey Comics
Extreme Productions
Fawcett Publications

3. Who was the first comic book super-hero to star in his/her own movie?

Superman
Captain Marvel
Batman
Captain America

4. True or False: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had head bands with different colors in the comic books.

True
False

5. What was the first comic book to ever sell more than a million copies?

Batman
Action Comics
Fantastic Four
Superman

6. True or False: Dave Sim has the longest run drawing and writing a comic book series ever.

True
False

7. In 1998, which comic book creator paid $3 million for home run balls hit by McGwire and Sosa?

Stan Lee
Scott Lobdell
Todd McFarlane
Jim Lee

8. In 1986, what comic book won the Pulitzer Prize?

Watchmen
Dark Knight Returns
Maus
Concrete

9. Why was the main reason the character Batgirl was created?

Just for the heck of it.
DC wanted more female heroes.
To bring in more female readership.
People thought Batman and Robin were gay.

10. Who was the first actor to ever play Batman in a Batman movie?

Lewis Wilson
Robert Lowery
Michael Keaton
Adam West