Johnny Blake

Debuting in the pages of Showcase #48 in 1964, Johnny Blake is a Silver Age DC creation brought to life by the reliable team of Bob Haney and Lee Elias — a pairing that knew how to craft characters with grit and purpose. Across a surprisingly long arc stretching nearly five decades, Johnny has surfaced in titles as varied as G.I. Combat and DC Universe: Legacies, keeping some genuinely impressive company along the way — including Green Lantern, The Flash, and the underground adventurer Cave Carson. With a key issue to his name and a quiet persistence through DC history, Johnny Blake is exactly the kind of deep-cut Silver Age discovery that rewards the curious collector willing to dig past the marquee names.