Les Wilcox

Silver Age Charlton through and through, Les Wilcox made his debut in 1958's Masked Raider #14, brought to life by the prolific Joe Gill and Charles Nicholas for a publisher that never shied away from genre variety. What makes Les genuinely interesting to the collector is the remarkable span of his presence in the catalog — pages shared with the likes of The Masked Raider, Black Fury, and even the lovably spooky Timmy the Timid Ghost speak to Charlton's wonderfully eclectic universe. Clocking in across nearly six decades of publishing history through 2017, this is a character whose quiet persistence rewards the dedicated digger willing to chase down those Masked Raider and Best of the West issues.