atter ing ▁of ▁mostly ▁sports - orient ed ▁non f iction . ▁Good man ▁eventually ▁developed ▁two ▁lines , ▁the ▁ 2 5 ¢ ▁Lion ▁and ▁the ▁ 3 5 ¢ ▁Lion ▁Library . ▁ ▁New ▁American ▁Library ▁bought ▁Lion ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁and ▁several ▁Lion ▁titles ▁were ▁repr int ed ▁under ▁its ▁Sign et ▁label . ▁Auth ors ▁that ▁Lion ▁published ▁included ▁such ▁not ables ▁as ▁Robert ▁Blo ch , ▁David ▁Good is ▁and ▁Jim ▁Thompson . ▁The ▁first ▁Lion ▁editor ▁was ▁Arnold ▁H ano . ▁ ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁▁ ▁In ▁mid - 1 9 6 1 , ▁following ▁rival ▁DC ▁Comics ' ▁successful ▁rev ival ▁of ▁super h ero es ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁earlier , ▁Good man ▁assigned ▁his ▁com ics ▁editor , ▁Stan ▁Lee , ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁tr end ▁again . ▁He ▁said , ▁" St an , ▁we ▁got ta ▁put ▁out ▁a ▁bunch ▁of ▁hero es . ▁You ▁know , ▁there ' s ▁a ▁market ▁for ▁it ." ▁Lee ' s ▁wife ▁suggested ▁that ▁Lee ▁experiment ▁with ▁stories ▁he ▁preferred , ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁planning ▁on ▁changing ▁care ers ▁and ▁had ▁nothing ▁to ▁lose . ▁In ▁response , ▁Lee ▁and ▁artist ▁Jack ▁Kir by ▁created ▁The ▁Fant astic ▁Four ▁# 1 ▁( cover - dated ▁Nov . ▁ 1 9 6 1 ), ▁giving ▁their ▁super h ero es ▁a ▁fla wed ▁human ity ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁b icker ed , ▁wor ried ▁about ▁money ▁and ▁behav ed ▁more ▁like ▁every day ▁people