Jim Slade

A product of comics' earliest heroic age, Jim Slade made his entrance in the pages of Crack Comics #12 in 1941, brought to life by artist Henry Kiefer for the storied Quality Comics line. That's rarefied Golden Age company — Crack Comics was one of Quality's flagship anthologies, and Slade shared its pages with luminaries like The Black Condor and The Red Torpedo. With only a handful of catalogued appearances, he's a genuine rarity for the dedicated Golden Age hunter, a fleeting glimpse into the vibrant, anything-goes spirit of comics' founding era.