Golden Age Comics Pins and Buttons

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Simon Templar, a freelance adventurer, started out robbing from robbers, and later turned to just involving himself in things that he thought might be fun, dangerous, and perhaps even do some good. He came to be called The Saint because of a small stick figure with a halo over his head, he would leave after having struck. He later gave up his thieving ways and just started looking for adventure.

The Original Green Lama (Spark Comics)

The Original Green Lama (Spark Comics)

Kid Eternity and Mr. Keeper down on Earth

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In the 1940's there was a hero named Daredevil. Was he the coolest? Nope, but I dig his aesthetic. This is my spin on this public domain character.

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The first American superhero of Asian decent.

Retro vintage pop culture design

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Van Gogh - My Mind is Art

Dark Mysteries #2 Skull and demons in art work.

Al Capp's lovable, adorable, squishy, squashy creation!

Brought to Earth through a dimension of smoke, The Pigeon battles the forces of evil.

Classic pulp era characters The Shadow and The Spirit.

It's nice to be Approved!

Ditko's Blue Beetle

Created by Al Capp

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Torchy's first appearance was as a comic strip in the Fort Hamilton Base newspaper in 1944. Torchy Todd, was the blonde bombshell that all the men loved. She began her long and colorful life mainly as a morale booster for the US Army. She is one of the most risqué comic characters of The Golden Age! Torchy's depiction changed from story to story. Sometimes she was naive and didn't realize the effect she had on men. Other times she understood that effect, but couldn't quite get her head around the reason why she had it. Yet in other stories, Torchy deliberately used her assets to her own advantage.

Believing that the world needed a defender, Thor, son of Odin and supreme ruler of Valhalla, bestowed upon the human Grant Farrel his own powers, which Grant used to become a crime fighter. When he transformed into Thor, Farrel could fly, throw lightning bolts, and generate storms. He wielded Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, which could be thrown hard enough to smash through multiple tanks but, like a boomerang, would return to his hand.

You shot yourself face by mistake.

Zero the Ghost Detective would exterminate evil ghosts by any means necessary. He would also help the ghosts of the innocent to bring their killers to justice. These ghosts were drawn to him, and he was drawn to them. He had no magical abilities but, he did possess an extensive knowledge of occult lore and was the master of many magical artifacts (such as his "Ring of the Moon") and, if that failed, he could fall back on conventional detective work. He was also fairly good at improvising on the spot.

Cover art for Fantastic Comics Jan-Feb 1955 by Iger Shop, now in the public domain.

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The beginning! Marvel Mystery Tails #1, 1939! First appearance of the Asinine Torch by Carl Burgoose and the Sub-Marsupial by Bill Evervet! The Marvel Age starts here!

Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy was a radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from 1933 to 1951. The storylines centered on the globe-trotting adventures of Armstrong, a popular athlete at Hudson High School, his friends Billy Fairfield and Billy's sister Betty, and their Uncle Jim, James Fairfield, an industrialist. In 1936 the Parents Institute began publishing their Jack Armstrong comic book which had a 13-issue run.

Richard Curtis Van Loan is a wealthy socialite who after serving in World War I becomes bored and craves the same level of "excitement" that he became used to in the trenches of the Great War. After being challenged to solve a crime that has baffled the police by his friend Frank Havens, publisher of the New York Clarion, Van Loan finds that he in fact has some ability as a detective. Solving mysteries provides Van Loan with the excitement he craves and so begins the career of the dilettante amateur sleuth, The Phantom Detective.

A pair of militaristic bat wings

A vigilante archer, the Arrow owed his origins to Robin Hood as well as pulp magazine heroes like the Shadow and the Spider. Hidden under a crumpled red suit and face-covering cowl, he was a man of mystery without name or background. The Arrow was the first costumed comic book hero to appear after the debut of Superman. And the first superhero to use an archery as a primary gimmick.

Freedom fighter Kismet hides out in the forests of Southern France, battling his enemy the Rocketeer. He possesses no powers but is a good fighter. Kismet is also one of the earliest Muslim superheroes.