Dr. Richard Latimer

Bill Black introduced Dr. Richard Latimer to comics readers in 1970's Paragon Presents #2, and this Silver Age creation from AC Comics has quietly endured for over four decades — a remarkable stretch for any character outside the Big Two. Latimer moves through some genuinely compelling company, sharing pages with the likes of Captain Paragon, Stardust, Mara, and Page Connors across titles including Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice and FemForce, AC's celebrated anthology of heroic adventure. With three key-issue appearances to his name and a publishing history running all the way to 2012, he's a testament to the passionate, collector-driven world of independent comics that AC championed so lovingly. If you've been building out your AC universe knowledge, Dr. Richard Latimer is exactly the kind of figure whose modest appearance count belies a genuinely interesting place in the publisher's mythology.