For some time I wanted to create a gallery of characters with the insect motif. I was going to cover only comic book characters, but turns out that the first character in the list started in other media. The Green[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Blue Beetle was supposed to be the first insect-based character of my gallery, but he became the second after I watched the documentary Superheroes: a never-ending battle, where someone explains the inspiration for the hero with two words: Green Hornet.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Red Bee first appeared in Quality Comics’ Hit Comics #1 on July 1940. He used a weird costume, trained bees and a stinger gun to fight nazis and gangsters. He had a favorite bee named Michael, who lived in his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is not the Yellowjacket from Marvel. His first appearance was on his own title, Yellowjacket Comics #1, on September 1944. It survived 10 issues then moved from publisher to publisher, with sporadic apparitions. He fought crime using the ability[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…