Lobo was the first African American comic book character to headline his own series. The two-issue series chronicled the Old West adventures of a wealthy, unnamed African-American gunslinger called "Lobo" by the first issue's antagonists. On the foreheads of vanquished criminals, Lobo would leave the calling card of a gold coin imprinted with the images of a wolf and the letter "L".
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Cosmo Cat worked as a technician at a munitions plant, when he accidentally set off a bomb, U-235. He gained superpowers. He now had flight, super strength, and invulnerability. Cosmo maintained his powers by ingesting Cosmic Catnip Capsules. Cosmo Cat resided in his moon lab spotting evils on Earth using his tele-finder and then headed to Earth in his cat-rocket. He was assisted by his sometimes sidekick, Dunky Duck.
During one of his adventures, Cosmo Cat helped to save Little Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf.
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Featuring the lighthearted misadventures of siblings Li’l Genius and his sister Li’l Tomboy, Li’l Rascal Twins is a humorous comic book collection first published by Charlton Publications in the 1950s. From inadvertently helping the police capture would-be bank robbers to discovering ways to avoid bullies, the Li’l Rascal Twins always seem to come out on top in this comic book indicative of the optimistic attitude of the day
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In the American west of the 1880s, when criminals or danger threatened, rancher Jim Larrimore would become the Lone Rider. The Lone Rider had a Pinto horse called Lightning, named after the lightning-shaped blaze on his forehead. Early in his career he had a Mexican guitar-playing sidekick named Diego and a young Native American named Bright Feather.