Kin Platt Archives

A colorful comic book illustration featuring the American Eagle, a superhero in a blue costume with a red and white striped chest, engaged in a dynamic fight against a villain in a red outfit. The background includes urban elements and onlookers, creating a sense of action and excitement.

The American Eagle's Debut in Exciting Comics #22, Up for Auction

East Coast. The issue that brought us the first appearance of the American Eagle also involved a completely different logistical crisis, plus Tibetan geopolitics, fifth column fears, and quite a bit more. Exciting Comics #22 (Nedor, 1942) The American Eagle's origin story, "The Machine That Raised the Dead," by Kin Platt tells of a man "accidentally endowed[...]

America's Best Comics #1 (Nedor Publications, 1942)

Woman in Red and Black Terror in America's Best Comics #1, at Auction

Hughes and Kin Platt, but Raymond Thayer's work on the Woman in Red is worth singling out here Thayer is best remembered for his mainstream magazine cover illustrations for the likes of Life and Judge during the 1910s and 1920s He also contributed to several Sunday newspaper syndicated literary inserts during the 1910s, and did[...]

Minute Man, Captain Triumph, And Other Forgotten Heroes- AC Comics February 2018 Solicits

Another early champion will accompany the 'Terror this go-around, with DOC STRANGE in attendance in a 1941 story drawn by Kin Platt And, an atmospheric outing of The GHOST (illustrated by old pulp artist Augie Froehlich) rounds out this trio of rare Standard/Nedor stories AIRBOY returns here in a 1948 tale drawn by his classic[...]