Thor the Thunder Dog

A canine hero with a name fit for legend, Thor the Thunder Dog bounded onto the scene in Police Comics #29 in 1944, a Golden Age gem from Quality Comics at a time when four-color adventure was at its most gloriously inventive. Sharing the pages of Police Comics with luminaries like Plastic Man and Manhunter, this remarkable dog ran in distinguished company indeed. What's especially striking is the longevity suggested by appearances stretching all the way into 2019 — a Golden Age original who somehow kept finding new readers across 75 years, turning up in titles like Infinity, Inc. and Young All-Stars along the way. With only 17 catalog appearances, Thor the Thunder Dog is a genuine rarity, the kind of discovery that makes digging through Golden Age back issues so rewarding for the true collector.