Albert Einstein

A fictionalized version of the real-world physicist Albert Einstein, appearing in satirical and humor comics published by Fantagraphics, where his iconic image and cultural status as the archetypal genius are played for comedic effect.

Few figures from the real world have wandered through the comic book universe quite like Albert Einstein, who made his four-color debut all the way back in 1929 in Judge #2477 — a genuinely Platinum Age appearance that gives him one of the longer histories of any real-world figure in the medium. Across more than eight decades of publication, he's turned up in an eclectic range of titles, most notably Fantagraphics offerings like Tales Designed to Thrizzle and Hate Annual, where his iconic image lends itself to the kind of irreverent, brainy storytelling those series do so well. He shares pages with a remarkable crowd — Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, Hercules, and even Captain America himself — which tells you everything about the wild, imaginative company comics have always been happy to put him in. With 14 catalog appearances, a key issue to his name, and a run stretching from the Platinum Age to 2012, he's a genuinely singular presence in comics history — proof that the medium has always had room for the world's most famous mind.