Question: What superhero is followed in the American comic book series that started as a horror comics anthology and introduced the fictional realm based on Norse mythology?

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London Horror Comic is a British horror comic book anthology.  The book is written and published by John-Paul Kamath who founded London Horror Comic Ltd.  The London Horror Comic was featured on BBC Radio 4 as part of a documentary about The Gorbals Vampire and interviewed about the history of horror comics. Crime Does Not Pay is the title of an American comic book series published between 1942 and 1955 by Lev Gleason Publications.  Edited and chiefly written by Charles Biro, the title launched the crime comics genre and was the first "true crime" comic book series.  At the height of its popularity, "Crime Does Not Pay" would claim a readership of six million on its covers.  The series' sensationalized recountings of the deeds of gangsters such as Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly were illustrated by artists Bob Wood, George Tuska, and others.  Stories were often introduced and commented upon by "Mr. Crime", a ghoulish figure in a top hat, and the precursor of "horror hosts" such as EC Comics' Crypt Keeper.  According to Gerard Jones, "Crime Does Not Pay" was "the first nonhumor comic to rival the superheroes in sales, the first to open the comic book market to large numbers of late adolescent and young males." Lucas "Snapper" Carr is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.  The character, whose fictional nickname is almost always used by other characters in favor of his given name, was created by Gardner Fox (writer) and Mike Sekowsky (penciller), and made his first appearance in "The Brave and the Bold" in February 1960.  From 1960 to 1969, Snapper Carr appeared as a supporting character to the Justice League of America, a superhero team.  The character occasionally appeared in comics featuring the Justice League from 1969 to 1989, when the "Invasion! " limited-series comic book gave him superpowers.  He was associated with a new superhero team, The Blasters, in various comics until 1993, when he lost his powers and became a main character in the "Hourman" comic book.  After the cancellation of "Hourman" in April 2001, he became a main character in the "Young Justice" comic book beginning in December 2001.  "Young Justice" was cancelled in May 2003, and he became associated with the governmental organization Checkmate, a role revealed when the character played a small but important role in the 2007-2008 limited series comic book "52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen".  The character made major appearances in "Final Crisis: Resist" in December 2008 and "Justice League of America 80-Page Giant" in November 2009. An American comic book is a thin periodical, typically 32-pages, containing primarily comics content.  While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of "Action Comics", which included the debut of the superhero Superman.  This was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II.  After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the comic book industry rapidly expanded, and genres such as horror, crime, and romance became popular.  The 1950s saw a gradual decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television and the impact of the Comics Code Authority.  The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a superhero revival, and superheroes remain the dominant character archetype in the 21st century. Xenozoic Tales (aka.  "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs") is an alternative comic book by Mark Schultz set in a post-apocalyptic future.  Originally published by Kitchen Sink Press, the series began in 1986 with the story "Xenozoic!"  which was included in horror comics anthology "Death Rattle" #8.  This was shortly followed by "Xenozoic Tales" #1 in February 1987.  Kitchen Sink published 14 issues between 1987 and 1996 and it has since been reprinted by several publishers, including Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Flesk Publications. Journey into Mystery is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics, then by its successor, Marvel Comics.  Initially a horror comics anthology, it segued to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s.  Beginning with issue #83 (cover dated Aug. 1962), it ran the superhero feature "The Mighty Thor", created by writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and artist Jack Kirby, and inspired by the mythological Norse thunder god.  The series, which was renamed for its superhero star with issue #126 (March 1966), has been revived three times: in the 1970s as a horror anthology, and in the 1990s and 2010s with characters from Marvel's Thor mythos. Crime comics is a genre of American comic books and format of crime fiction.  The genre was originally popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s and is marked by a moralistic editorial tone and graphic depictions of violence and criminal activity.  Crime comics began in 1942 with the publication of "Crime Does Not Pay" published by Lev Gleason Publications and edited by Charles Biro.  As sales for superhero comic books declined in the years after World War II, other publishers began to emulate the popular format, content and subject matter of "Crime Does Not Pay", leading to a deluge of crime-themed comics.  Crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics, came under official scrutiny in the late 1940s and early 1950s, leading to legislation in Canada and Great Britain, the creation in the United States of the Comics Magazine Association of America and the imposition of the Comics Code Authority in 1954.  This code placed limits on the degree and kind of criminal activity that could be depicted in American comic books, effectively sounding the death knell for crime comics and their adult themes. Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero, Superman, as the main protagonist.  Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book "Action Comics" #1 in June 1938.  The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date Summer 1939.  Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled The Adventures of Superman while a new series used the title "Superman".  In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering.  The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016.  In June 2016, a fourth series was launched with new issue #1. Spider-Man is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Universe debuting in the anthology comic book series issue "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comics published by Marvel Comics.  After his debut he would get his own comic book entitled "The Amazing Spider-Man".  The comic book series would introduce many of what would become his major supervillain adversaries.  Spider-Man would then be popular enough for more Spider-Man comic spinoffs ("The Spectacular Spider-Man", "Marvel Team-Up", "Web of Spider-Man", "" etc.) which introduced more recurring enemies of the web-slinger. Asgard is the name of a fictional realm and its capital city appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.  Based on the realm of the same name from Norse mythology, Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology.  Asgard first appeared in "Journey into Mystery" #83 (October 1962) by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero, Thor.

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 Based on the realm of the same name from Norse mythology, Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology.  Asgard first appeared in "Journey into Mystery" #83 (October 1962) by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero, Thor. Journey into Mystery is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics, then by its successor, Marvel Comics.  Initially a horror comics anthology, it segued to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s.