Steel Claw

Born in the pages of Valiant in October 1962, Steel Claw is a Silver Age creation from the British comics tradition, brought to life by writer Kenneth Bulmer and the brilliant Spanish artist Jesús Blasco — a pairing that gave IPC's anthology scene a genuinely distinctive edge. Running through Valiant, Knockout, and the combined Valiant and Knockout, this character shares those packed anthology pages with a wonderfully eclectic cast including Captain Hercules Hurricane, Count Vronsky, and the roguish "Maggot" Malone. Though the catalog footprint is compact, Steel Claw represents exactly the kind of hidden gem that makes British Silver Age comics such a rewarding territory to explore — a character with real creative pedigree worth tracking down.