Crocodile-Man

From the fertile imagination of Otto Binder and C. C. Beck — the legendary duo behind so much of Fawcett's Golden Age magic — Crocodile-Man slithered onto the scene in 1943's Captain Marvel Adventures #22, a wonderfully pulpy creation from comics' most inventive era. Rare enough to feel like a genuine collector's discovery, this villain shares the pages with a rogues' gallery that includes the infamous Mr. Mind, making for some deliciously sinister company. The character's reach extends all the way to DC's Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, proof that even a figure with a modest handful of appearances earned a place in the canon's permanent record. For fans of Golden Age atmosphere and the gloriously strange corners of Fawcett history, Crocodile-Man is exactly the kind of obscure gem worth tracking down.