Dan Dyce

Few characters can claim they were there on the very first page of comics history the way Dan Dyce can — debuting in the legendary Police Comics #1 in 1941, one of the Golden Age's most storied single issues, sharing that landmark debut with the likes of Eel O'Brian and Roy Lincoln. Created by Vern Henkel, Dan Dyce is a quiet but genuine piece of the foundation on which superhero comics were built, rubbing shoulders across those early pages with icons like Plastic Man and The Human Bomb. Collectors hunting the roots of the medium will find his appearances in Police Comics and its reprints through PS Artbooks and Gwandanaland Comics well worth tracking down — that key-issue pedigree alone makes him a name worth knowing.