The Eagle first appeared in the Fox Features Syndicate 1940 release Science Comics #1, but then the super-scientist became a super-soldier.
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Fox's Green Mask got his powers from a Vita-Ray machine long before Captain America did, and this Golden Age series is tough to get.
Within a few months in 1947, Matt Baker, Jack Kamen and the rest of the Iger Studio completely transformed Victor Fox's comic book line.
Another title acquisition from Ziff-Davis, Romantic Marriage features a cover by Matt Baker and an interior story by Murphy Anderson.
In 1949, Fawcett launched a lawsuit that ultimately forced St. John to rename its titles Hollywood Confessions and Pictorial Confessions.
Legendary artist Matt Baker and writer Dana Dash combine romance and science in this wild story for St. John's Teen-Age Romances #12.
Suspense Comics #3 may get all the attention, but Suspense Comics with L.B. Cole covers are worth Pre-Code Horror collectors' time.
Tomb of Terror #16 from Harvey Comics in 1954 features an unusual mix of science fiction and horror behind a lurid Lee Elias cover.
The cover of Punch Comics #20 by distinctive stylist Paul Gattuso is a good example of the weirdly horrific style of the series.
Mysterious Adventures is an important Pre-Code Horror title with some classic covers and a publisher who leaned into the controversy.
Joe Maneely's wild cover for the 1954 Marvel/Atlas release Astonishing #30 is a perfect match for the lead story of this issue.
Mister Mystery #11 featured one of the most memorable covers of the Pre-Code Horror era by Spectre co-creator Bernard Baily.
In Captain Science #7, Captain Science & Luana take on a Vampire Planet that intends to suck the life out of earth, Galactus style.
L.B. Cole's cover for Jay Disbrow's Lost World-style feature Morass of Death makes Terrors of the Jungle #4 a 1953 Pre-Code Horror classic.
The stories in Fiction House's 1953 classic Monster #1 center around themes of combining science and the supernatural with terrible results.
Months before the launch of the Comics Code,1954 Marvel/Atlas release Journey Into Unknown Worlds #27 featured "Somewhere Waits the Vampire"
Suspense #7 has a lead story from the legendary Gene Colan, creator of Falcon, Carol Danvers and Blade, at the beginning of his comic book career.
In which the elusive Liberty Comics #14 gives us a hook into understanding the sometimes murky world of the comic book industry of its era.
D.S. Publishing's short but memorable crime comic book line included the likes of Gangsters Can't Win and Pay-Off.
One of the most famous crime comic books of the Pre-Code era, True Crime Comics #3 features work by the legendary Jack Cole.
Mel Keefer's cover for the 1953 Toby Press release Tales of Horror #8 features a giant monster rampaging in New York City.
The history suggests that Matt Baker was brought in to cover St. John's Amazing Ghost Stories to provide it with a very different look.
Strange Mysteries was an obscure Pre-Code Horror title for the American market from Toronto publisher Superior Comics, lasting 1951-1955.
1954's Men's Adventures #26 from Marvel/Atlas is the debut of Kenneth Hale, who in recent years has been an Avengers associate and much more.
Ace's PCH series The Beyond #2 features a classic vampire cover from Harvey Comics legend and Richie Rich creator Warren Kremer.
Menace #7's "The Witch in the Woods" by Stan Lee and Joe Sinnott in 1953 was a reaction to the comic book moral panic in the media of the era.
Adventures into the Unknown from publisher ACG is a vastly underrated comic book series which launched with stories by Frank Belknap Long.
Crime Does Not Pay #33 is one of the most-collected issues of the most notorious series in comic book history.
The Marvel/Atlas Venus series ended with a seven-issue run with covers, stories, art and even letters by legendary creator Bill Everett.
The Propeller-Head Monster by Gus Ricca for Chesler's Dynamic Comics #18 is one of the artist's strangest covers of the Golden Age.