Dan Richards

Dan Richards was a police officer who debuted in Quality Comics' Police Comics in 1942, adopting the costumed identity of the Manhunter to battle criminals that the law alone couldn't stop.

Born in the pages of Police Comics #11 in 1942 — the same legendary Quality Comics anthology that launched Plastic Man — Dan Richards is a genuine Golden Age original, brought to life by none other than the incomparable Jack Cole. He's kept remarkable company across the decades, sharing adventures with the likes of Manhunter, Green Lantern, and Plastic Man, which speaks to the rich, superhero-packed world he inhabits. What makes Dan Richards especially fascinating is his staying power: a character rooted in the wartime Golden Age who has resurfaced across publications stretching all the way to 2025, including Infinity, Inc. and Men of Mystery Comics, proving that some figures from comics' earliest era simply refuse to fade. For collectors with a love of the genre's foundations, he's a rewarding discovery — a thread connecting the very birth of the American superhero to the modern day.