Professor Potter

Professor Potter is a bumbling, well-meaning Silver Age inventor whose outlandish gadgets and eccentric experiments repeatedly entangle him with the Superman cast — particularly Jimmy Olsen — in and around Metropolis.

Dreamed up by Al Schwartz and Curt Swan in 1959, Professor Potter is a delightful Silver Age eccentric who wandered into the pages of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen and never quite left the orbit of Metropolis. For over five decades he kept some of the most iconic company in DC Comics — Superman, Lois Lane, Perry White, and the irrepressible Jimmy Olsen himself — popping up across Superman and Superboy as one of those wonderfully offbeat supporting characters that give the Silver Age its warm, imaginative flavor. He may not be a household name, but a character who endures from 1959 all the way to 2014 clearly left his mark on the DC universe, and for collectors who love the quirky, inventive spirit of that era, tracking down his appearances is a genuine treat.