Drake Stevens

Drake Stevens is a Golden Age detective character who debuted in Keen Detective Funnies #23 in 1940, later revived under Malibu Comics where he appeared alongside heroes such as the Ferret and Man of War in team titles like Protectors.

Born in the pages of Keen Detective Funnies #23 in 1940, Drake Stevens is a Golden Age survivor whose story stretches across a remarkable 54 years — a testament to the enduring pull of characters forged in comics' earliest era. Created by George Kapitan and Harry Sahle, Stevens eventually found a home at Malibu, rubbing shoulders with a colorful roster that includes the Ferret, Aura, Man of War, Airman, and Nightmask across titles like Protectors and The Savage Dragon. With a key issue already to his name, he's the kind of deep-catalog discovery that reminds collectors just how rich and layered the Golden Age pipeline into the modern era truly was.