RetroInspection - The Scarlet Pimpernel - pt. 7

The creators of comic books were products of their times and of the times that came before them. During their formative years and beyond, they, like us, drew inspiration for their creations on the classics, mythology and popular literature of the day.
It is without a doubt that Baroness Orczy's greatest hero, The Scarlet Pimpernel, excited a great many of the authors of today's most popular comic book heroes.
None other than Stan Lee, perhaps one of the most prolific and successful of the comic book industry titans, anointed the role the Pimpernel played in the creation of the mystery men. According to Lee, the Pimpernel was "the first superhero."

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