Mark Antony

Mark Antony is a comics adaptation of the Roman historical figure, depicted alongside Cleopatra and Julius Caesar in Platinum Age humor and drama publications. His appearances draw on the grand political and romantic drama of ancient Rome.

Stepping straight out of the ancient world and onto the Platinum Age comics page, Mark Antony made his debut in Judge #2335 back in 1926, brought to life by creator Paul Reilly. This historically resonant figure has turned up across a remarkably varied shelf of titles — from Judge to Classics Illustrated to Lovelorn — sharing pages with none other than Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, which tells you something about the grand, dramatic company he keeps. Spanning an impressive stretch from 1926 all the way to 2003, his nearly eight decades of comics appearances make him one of the more quietly enduring presences in the medium's long history, a figure worth seeking out for any collector with a taste for where classic literature and sequential art meet.