Daniel Boone

A comic-book adaptation of the real American frontiersman Daniel Boone, depicting the legendary 18th-century explorer and pioneer navigating the dangers of the colonial frontier alongside historical figures such as Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.

Few comic characters can claim roots as deep as this Daniel Boone, who first rode onto the page in Star Comics #2 way back in 1937 — a genuine Platinum Age pioneer whose frontier legend proved durable enough to keep appearing in comics all the way into 1979. Across those four-plus decades, he's turned up in a fascinating range of company, sharing pages with Revolutionary-era icons like Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson, as well as — in a delightful twist of comics history — Archie's own Jughead Jones and Moose Mason. His appearances span Tribune Publishing titles including Comic Book Magazine and dedicated Daniel Boone series, as well as the beloved Archie line, making him one of comics' more charmingly wide-ranging historical figures. If you love the quirky, sprawling breadth of American comics history, this Platinum Age woodsman is a genuinely rewarding corner of the catalog to explore.