Jo Hagen

A fleeting but intriguing presence from the Silver Age of British comics, Jo Hagen debuted in IPC's Valiant in 1970, rubbing shoulders with a wonderfully eccentric cast that includes Doc Diamond, Ches Nutt, and the memorably named Sir Mortimer Child-Beale. With only a handful of catalogued appearances spread across Valiant and Valiant and Smash!, Jo is one of those rare, blink-and-you'll-miss-them characters that makes digging through old British weeklies such a rewarding treasure hunt — a small piece of a richly populated comics world well worth discovering.