Ol’ Subby is probably my favourite from the early 1940s/Golden Age. Not only could Namor’s creator Bill Everett draw – and what lush inking! – he could write. Sure, this is primitive stuff compared to comics published now, but his characters packed plenty of personality! This is helped by this Read more…
This is such a great visual of Toro diving into water. Above water, he’s still on fire but as his head and arms go under his flame is extinguished.
While Superman and Batman on the DC side and The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner on the Timely/Marvel side are all of course hugely important, it can be the lower key discoveries that jump off the page at you.
In my continuing flight away from 2020 I switch over to Marvel precursor Timely’s obscure superhero oddity, the Blue Blaze.