C. C. Beck

C.C. Beck is the co-creator of the Marvel Family and many other Fawcett properties. Beck started as a staff artist on Fawcett Publications' pulp magazine, but after the publisher switched its focus to comic books in 1939, he was brought on to design a character conceptualized by writer Bill Parker, called at the time Captain Thunder. By the time the character actually debuted in the pages of Whiz Comics #2 in 1940, the name had been changed to Captain Marvel, and a legend was born.