Porky

Born in the very first issue of National Comics back in 1940, Porky is a genuine Golden Age original — launched by none other than Will Eisner and Dave Berg at Quality Comics, two names that carry serious weight in the history of the medium. Spanning an impressive arc from 1940 all the way to 1987, this character's presence across nearly five decades speaks to a quiet but real staying power, turning up alongside the likes of Uncle Sam, Suzy, and Sally O'Neil in the pages of National Comics and its companion publications. With a key issue already to their name and the pedigree of Quality Comics' storied Golden Age lineup behind them, Porky is exactly the kind of discovery that reminds collectors why digging into those early anthology titles is always worth the effort.