The costumed adventurers belonged to at least two distinct groups in two different time periods: the Minutemen of the 1940s and the Crimebusters of the 1960s and 1970s. The first costumed adventurer to be featured in the news was Hooded Justice (although it is mentioned that Silk Spectre was featured in an interview earlier). These first adventurers were looked upon favorably, and the Minutemen were often seen as heroes to the cause of criminal justice. Their actual identities were also closely guarded secrets. While the adventurers where inspired and motivated by the fictional pulp heroes of the '40s, their existence brought a decline to this genre of literature, and comic books turned to pirate-themed stories.