Magic Morro was a Golden Age Dell hero in the Tarzan mold, created by underappreciated artist Ken Ernst, known for his work on Mary Worth.
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Best remembered for its licensed comics, Dell also ventured into superheroes during the Golden Age, beginning with Phantasmo in The Funnies.
Lady Blackhawk was an early Silver Age attempt by DC Comics to expand one of their popular franchises with a prominent female character.
Detective Chimp made his debut in a 1952 story which explains how he began solving crimes and sets up the backstory for his future adventures
Whiz Comics 4, published with US Presidential election season in full swing, features Sivana subverting the election with his daughter's help
One of the most important war comics artists in American history, Russ Heath worked on a number of Marvel/Atlas war titles during his career.
Bob Kanigher and Alex Toth's Rex the Wonder Dog debuted in his own series in 1952, with the title lasting 45 issues 1952-1959.
Streak the Wonder Dog was created by Bob Kanigher and Alex Toth, and debuted in Green Lantern #30, cover-dated Feb-March 1948.
The Golden Age Harley Quinn?! Green Lantern's classic nemesis Harlequin first appeared in All-American Comics #89 in 1947.
Mary Marvel debuted in the Wow Comics title about three weeks after her first appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18.
Blackstone the Magician made his comic book debut in Street & Smith's Super-Magic Comics #1, written by Shadow creator Walter Gibson.
Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott, Don Heck, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and Don Heck end Marvel's Atlas war comic era with Battle #70.
Bulletdog was arguably the first "superdog companion" of the Golden Age, setting the stage for Krypto and other superpets to follow.
A story which drew upon both the fiction and the real fears of Mutants in its time, "The Man in the Sky" was a step towards Marvel's X-Men.
DC Comics' first Martian Manhunter came to Earth in the pages of Batman #78 in a 1953 story by Edmond Hamilton, Bob Kane and Lew Schwartz.
The high grade Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 Kansas City pedigree copy featuring the first Superman has set an all time comic book record at $6,000,000
Charlton liked the title and formula of its first successful romance comic True Life Secrets so much that they relaunched it as something else
Victor Fox's romance line is largely undiscovered country compared to most comics of that era, but contains material by Kamen, Feldstein, Wood and more.
Remembered as perhaps the best romance comics publisher in American history, St. John got its start collecting newspaper strip Abbie an' Slats.
Romantic Hearts was a romance anthology comic, first published by Story Comics with cover and art by Walter Johnson and probably Leo Fass.
The cover of Fawcett romance comic Sweethearts #119 hit stands in late 1952 with a Marilyn Monroe cover for her film Don't Bother to Knock.
The Ziff-Davis comic book romance title Cinderella Love was inspired by the enourmous success of the 1950 Disney classic Cinderella.
The romance genre 132 page Fox Giants are extremely rare even compared to the highly sought after St John Giant Comics Editions.
One of comic history's most notorious publishers, Lev Gleason's romance Lovers' Lane shifted from charming to extreme late in its run.
John Buscema did significant work for publisher Orbit from 1950 to 1953, including several covers for their romance comic book line.
Long a magazine staple, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby pioneered the romance genre in comic books beginning in 1947 with Young Romance.
G.I. Sweethearts #37 is another unusual fusion of Cold War espionage and romance, featuring the then recently-revealed atomic cannon.
Dear Lonely Heart #1 is a rare romance comic launched by publisher Comic Media, who became notorious for its Pre-Code comic book titles.
Wally Wood became a comic book legend for work on EC Comics, Daredevil and more, but his early Fox romance work is overlooked.
My Date Comics by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby saw them take Swifty Chase from Airboy Comics and make him a romantic comic lead character.