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Chemist who fermented acetone for the war — and became Israel’s first president.

The Cleveland teenagers who created Superman.

The Mattel co-founder who put Barbie into the world.

Writer and editor who helped turn superheroes into a modern American mythology.

The writer and artist who created Batman — one long credited, one late.

The immigrant founder of Universal Pictures and an early studio system.

Mattel co-founder who turned design and a garage shop into Hot Wheels.

The team that created Captain America and helped invent the visual language of the superhero.

The MGM studio chief who helped invent the Hollywood system.

Independent producer who put his name on Goldwyn and then on MGM.