John Pemberton

Right at the dawn of DC's Golden Age, John Pemberton stepped onto the page in the very first issue of Star Spangled Comics in 1941 — a debut that doubles as a key issue collectors still seek out today. Co-created by the legendary Jerry Siegel alongside Harold Sherman, this early-forties figure inhabits a rich corner of wartime DC, sharing pages with the likes of Tarantula, Dr. Weerd, and the Pembertons and Dugans who would become fixtures of the era. His appearances stretch across both Star Spangled Comics and World's Finest Comics, two of DC's most storied Golden Age titles. Rare in the catalog and rooted in that electric first wave of superhero publishing, John Pemberton is a genuine piece of comics history worth tracking down.