Jim Kendall

From the very first issue of Zip Comics in 1940, Jim Kendall stepped onto the Golden Age stage alongside some genuinely colorful company — sharing pages with the likes of Steel Sterling, Zambini the Miracle Man, and the wonderfully named Mr. Satan in what was clearly one of the more ambitious launches of the era. Created by Abner J. Sundell and Charles Biro for Archie (then MLJ), this character carries the distinction of a key-issue debut and a publishing footprint that, remarkably, stretches all the way to 2018 through appearances in Gwandanaland Comics collections and the spirited Vixens, Vamps & Vipers anthology. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Jim Kendall is a genuine deep-cut for Golden Age enthusiasts — the kind of discovery that reminds you just how rich and surprising those early comic book years truly were.