Paul Bunyan

Quality Comics adapted the legendary American tall-tale hero Paul Bunyan — the mythically giant lumberjack of frontier folklore — into comics form in National Comics #1, placing him alongside other iconic figures of Americana such as Pecos Bill and Uncle Sam.

Few characters carry the mythic weight of American folklore into the Golden Age quite like Paul Bunyan, who made his comics debut in the landmark National Comics #1 back in 1940 — a key issue brought to life by none other than Will Eisner and Dave Berg. Born from Quality Comics at the very dawn of superhero publishing, this towering figure of Americana shares his pages with an extraordinary roster of legendary company: Pecos Bill, Uncle Sam, and even Sherlock Holmes. Turning up across National Comics, Cowboy Western Comics, and Captain Marvel Jr. over a span that stretches an astonishing 85 years, Paul Bunyan is a rare Golden Age original whose roots in the earliest days of the artform make every appearance a genuine piece of comics history worth tracking down.