Darrel Dane

Scientist Darrel Dane developed a formula granting him the ability to shrink to roughly six inches tall while retaining his full-sized strength, making him one of comics' earliest shrinking heroes. Debuting in 1939, he used this power as Doll Man to fight crime and later served with teams including the Freedom Fighters.

Few Golden Age heroes carry the distinction of debuting in 1940 and still turning up in collectors' hands across an astonishing 85-year span — yet here is Darrel Dane, a Quality Comics original brought to life by Harry Campbell in the pages of Feature Comics #39. A product of comics' earliest and most inventive era, Darrel Dane has shared adventures with titans of the Golden Age including The Flash, Batman, Hawkman, The Ray, and The Atom, keeping genuinely elite company throughout his publication history. His own dedicated series, Doll Man, anchors a legacy that stretches across Feature Comics and beyond, with two key issues among his 56 catalogued appearances marking him as a character serious collectors keep an eye out for. If you love the scrappy, imaginative spirit of Quality Comics and the heroes who defined the Golden Age before the giants of the industry absorbed them into legend, Darrel Dane is absolutely worth your time.