Davy Nelson III

Few characters carry a legacy in their very name, and Davy Nelson III arrived in 1986 — right at the heart of the Copper Age — as part of Eclipse Comics' ambitious revival of classic aviation adventure, launched by the sharp creative partnership of Chuck Dixon and Timothy Truman. With only a handful of catalogued appearances, he's a rare figure, but the company he keeps is remarkable: sharing pages with Airboy, Valkyrie, The Heap, and Birdie places him squarely at the center of one of the era's most lovingly crafted pulp-influenced universes. For collectors drawn to the independent comics renaissance of the '80s and the rich mythology Eclipse built around its wartime heroes, Davy Nelson III is a tantalizing thread worth pulling.