Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo is the suave U.N.C.L.E. agent from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. television series, translated into comics form during the 1960s spy-fiction boom. Cool-headed and impeccably dressed, he works alongside partner Illya Kuryakin combating the criminal organization T.H.R.U.S.H.

Sharp-dressed and Silver Age cool, Napoleon Solo made his comics debut in the British anthology TV Century 21 in 1965, brought to the page by artist Paul Trevillion at the height of the spy-fiction craze. A DC character whose presence in the catalog stretches across an impressive five decades, he's the kind of figure who bridges eras — turning up alongside the likes of Illya Kuryakin and even sharing pages with Pamela Isley, The Siren, and Scarecrow in the delightful Batman '66 Meets the Man from U.N.C.L.E., a crossover that captures exactly the playful, pop-art energy of the age. With appearances spanning from swinging-sixties British comics to pulp-adjacent company like Doctor Solar and Doc Savage, Solo is a reminder of how richly comics and pop culture fed each other during the Silver Age — and a rewarding find for any collector with a taste for that era's effortless style.