Aviation-themed covers were a large part of the early era of L.B. Cole's career as a comic book cover artist.
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Fiction House's Ranger Comics launched featuring the Rangers of Freedom, a costumed hero-centric group who faced the villain SuperBrain.
Bill Everett's The Conqueror debuted in Victory Comics from Hillman Periodicals as a superhero transformed by cosmic rays.
Created by Chesler art director Charles Sultan, Punch Comics #1's Sky Chief, was a reflection of the aviation history of the era.
Chesler's Major Victory Comics series from 1944-1945 is largely composed of reprints, with a notable exception: the debut of Spider-Woman.
Leslie Charteris gave Avon Publications detailed feedback on the look he wanted for The Saint comic book series in the late 1940s.
In 1951, the New York Legislature had issues with a Pre-Code Horror story drawn by Don Rico in Marvel Tales #97.
In her first appearances in Air Fighters Comics, Valkyrie was persuaded by Airboy to switch sides and join the Allies during WWII.
Harry A. Chesler's Golden Age Dr. Doom debuts in and Yankee Comics #1, prior to his cover stardom on Dynamic Comics #11.
Discover the haunting fusion of supernatural and superhero themes in Dynamic Comics #1, a cherished Chesler classic from 1941.
MLJ heroes like Black Hood, Shield, and Hangman have been living in Archie's shadow in recent years, but that may be changing for collectors.
MLJ's the Black Hood had a fascinating journey through the Golden Age, including Top-Notch Comics, Jackpot, Pep and his own series.
Dive into the unusual circumstances behind Special Comics #1, the series launch of the Hangman, one of MLJ's best-remembered superheroes.
Steel Sterling was the other Man of Steel of the Golden Age, and his origin moment by Charles Biro and Abner Sundell explains why.
The historic Pep Comics #1 introducing the Shield, America's first patriotic hero and launches a legendary comic book series.
MLJ ended the pulp-style character Scarlet Avenger in Zip Comics to make way for the style of teen humor that would make the publisher famous.
The Zip Comics #25 Steel Sterling story written by Robert Kanigher seems to have been inspired by the 1941 Yankees/Dodgers World Series.
Blue Ribbon Comics was the first comic title MLJ published, and it was also the first one they canceled, perhaps due to its pulp legacy.
Jackpot Comics was an MLJ anthology series which featured some of the publisher's most popular characters in sometimes horror-themed tales.
Marvel Mystery Comics #8-10 is an historic crossover event, but Top-Notch Comics #5-7 with Wizard & Shield hit newsstands at the same time.
Discover Madam Satan's sinister beginnings in the elusive Pep Comics #16, a lurid gem from MLJ's Golden Age era.
The character Fireball, who debuted in Pep Comics #12 cover-dated February 1941, was MLJ's answer to Marvel/Timely's Human Torch.
John Cassone's the Web used his criminology skills to show that criminals can always be caught up in the web of the details of his own crimes.
In Top-Notch Comics #1, the Wizard foils a Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor -- two years before such an event occurred in real history.
The saga of the Black Hood during the WW2 era and beyond makes the character a historically unique part of the Golden Age.
Vowing to take revenge for the murder of his brother The Comet, The Hangman's chilling debut is chronicled in Pep Comics #17.
Explore the origins of Quality Comics' Bozo the Iron Man by George Brenner, a precursor for the man/machine comics to follow.
Discover The Clock, the Golden Age's first masked hero, in continuing adventures in early issues of Crack Comics Quality Comics.
During the comic industry's boom time of the early 1950s, L.B. Cole covers were designed to stand out on the crowded newsstands.
Dell is remembered as the publisher of comics featuring licensed Disney characters, but they had a superhero line including Martan the Marvel Man.