When was the character that Peter Krause worked on for a three-year run created?
Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam ( ), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Captain Marvel first appeared in "Whiz Comics" #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fawcett Comics. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word "SHAZAM" (acronym of six "immortal elders": Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury), can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight, and other abilities.
Peter the Brazen Peter the Brazen is a fictional pulp character written by George F. Worts under his pen-name Loring Brent. Peter Moore—his true name—is considered by pulp historians Rick Lai and Will Murray an early inspiration of Lester Dent's character Doc Savage (Dent was an avid reader of "Argosy").