Professor Roberts

A Golden Age original with quiet staying power, Professor Roberts made his debut in the pages of Hit Comics #26 in 1943, brought to life by artist Rudy Palais under the Quality Comics banner. He's a character whose comic book footprint stretches across an impressive four-plus decades — from the wartime Golden Age all the way to 1985 — turning up in Doll Man, Hit Comics, and the collector-beloved Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains. With a key issue among his small but notable catalog of appearances, and a roster of page-mates that includes Doll Man, Green Lantern, and The Vigilante, Professor Roberts consistently found himself in distinguished company. For Golden Age devotees and Quality Comics completists, he's exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.