Calvin Gordon

Calvin Gordon made his entrance in 1987's The New Humans #1, a debut that places him right at the heart of the Copper Age's indie comics boom, courtesy of creators David Lawrence and Ron Lim. Published by the scrappy Pied Piper Comics, he's a piece of that wonderfully adventurous era when smaller publishers were carving out their own corners of the superhero universe. He shares his adventures with the likes of Roger Brunner, Kelly Brock, and Duke Goldberg, a roster that suggests The New Humans had genuine ensemble ambitions. Rare in the catalog and rooted in an underappreciated publisher, Calvin Gordon is exactly the kind of discovery that reminds collectors why digging through the Copper Age long boxes is always worth the effort.