Space-Cabby

A cheerful slice of mid-century science fiction wonder, Space-Cabby first hailed readers in Mystery in Space #26 in 1955, the creation of writer John Broome and artist Sid Greene — a debut that plants this character firmly in the imaginative optimism of comics' Golden Age. Over a remarkable span stretching across roughly four decades, this intergalactic working-class hero kept some stellar company, sharing pages with the likes of Superman, Space Ranger, and Rick Starr. There's something genuinely endearing about a cab driver plying the cosmic lanes as a recurring fixture of DC science fiction anthologies — unpretentious, dependable, and utterly of his era. For collectors with a soft spot for the quirky, workaday charm of 1950s sci-fi comics, Space-Cabby is exactly the kind of character worth tracking down.