Cap'n Quick

Steve Ditko — the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange — brought Cap'n Quick to life in the very first issue of Eclipse Monthly in 1983, making this character a genuine piece of Bronze Age independent comics history. Published by Eclipse, one of the era's most adventurous alternatives to the Marvel/DC duopoly, Cap'n Quick surfaces across Eclipse Monthly, Airboy, and Total Eclipse: The Seraphim Objective, keeping colorful company with the likes of The Masked Man and a cast of memorable characters that defined Eclipse's distinctive universe. With only eight catalogued appearances, Cap'n Quick is a rare find — the kind of deep-cut creation that reminds collectors why the independent scene of the '80s was such fertile, exciting ground. For fans of Ditko's singular artistic vision and the scrappy spirit of Bronze Age independents, this is absolutely one worth tracking down.