Comic book writers, artists, editors, and others associated with the Golden Age of comic books, the seminal period from the 1930s creation of the first newsstand comics to the decline of superhero comics' popularity in the late-1940s/early-1950s. This period saw the debut of the superhero archetype and the creation of such iconic characters as DC Comics' Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, Fawcett Publications' Captain Marvel, and Timely Comics' Captain America, the original Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner, among others.