The origin of Superheroes: Zot!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zot!

Zot! is a comic book created by Scott McCloud in 1984 and published by Eclipse Comics until 1990 as a lighthearted alternative to the darker and more violent comics that predominated the industry during that period.[1] There were a total of 36 issues, with the first ten in color and the remainder in black and white. McCloud credited Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka as a major influence on the book, making it one of the first manga-inspired American comic books.[2]

Zachary T. Paleozogt, popularly known as Zot, a blond haired, blue eyed teenage hero from an alternate Earth who flies via gravity boots and fights villains with a ten-shooter laser gun and boundless optimism.
Jenny Weaver, a sensitive teenage girl from our world and the reader's point-of-view character throughout the series.
Jenny's older brother, Butch, a typical blustering bully who, after a mishap early in the series, is transformed into a talking chimpanzee whenever he is on Zot's world.
Zot's Uncle Max, an eccentric inventor, artist and surrogate parent whose gadgets help Zot fight crime.
Peabody, Zot's robot butler/guardian.
Woody, Jenny's nerdy but sweet "boyfriend" and close friend for the majority of the series
Terry, Jenny's lesbian best friend
Ronnie, a comic obsessed writer
Brandy, Ronnie's girlfriend, a thin bubbly, slightly ditzy, girl with an alcoholic mother
George, a lazy genius determined to get straight D's only
Bob, or "Spike" is the other comics nerd, who is violent and rude
Elizabeth, Spike's sister, is extremely quiet and fairly odd

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