Back in 1939, the year that saw what is understood to be the first comic book adaptation in Mandrake the Magician, the idea of an expanded cinematic universe would've been unfathomable.

Turns out, yes, there are quite a few. Superhero movies have been around since the beginning of cinema, with scholars naming Mandrake the Magician from 1939 and The Shadow from 1940 as being the ...

Galway did not provide additional details. Inspired by the crime-fighting comic book character Mandrake the Magician, Kreskin launched his television career in the 1960s and remained popular for ...