Pre-COIE DC characters who never made the cross into Post-COIE

[Buried Alien]

In the thirty-three years that have passed since the publication of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, *most* of the characters who were a part of the Pre-COIE DC Multiverse have returned in some form or another to appear in the Post-COIE DCU. Which characters (not counting one-offs) have NEVER made the transition over?

All I'm coming up with is King Kull, an old Marvel Family enemy from the Fawcett Comics days who made a number of appearances during the Pre-COIE Bronze Age after DC acquired Fawcett's properties and began publishing new adventures of the Marvels in the 1970s, but who hasn't been seen or heard from after COIE.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[BohemiaDrinker]

In the thirty-three years that have passed since the publication of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, *most* of the characters who were a part of the Pre-COIE DC Multiverse have returned in some form or another to appear in the Post-COIE DCU. Which characters (not counting one-offs) have NEVER made the transition over?

All I'm coming up with is King Kull, an old Marvel Family enemy from the Fawcett Comics days who made a number of appearances during the Pre-COIE Bronze Age after DC acquired Fawcett's properties and began publishing new adventures of the Marvels in the 1970s, but who hasn't been seen or heard from after COIE.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

I may be wrong, but I have a vague memory of seeing King Kull in the not so distant past. I may be mixing things up, though.

Edit: and here we go. From Cry for Justice:

[Spiderboy12]

Funny. I just reread the JLA-JSA-Earth-S crossover, from Justice League of America #135-137 a couple weeks ago (in trade form, Crisis on Multiple Earths v4). King Kull is the main supervillain behind the threats to three Earths.

It's curious how even humor strip characters, like Sugar & Spike or Scribbly (in Convergence) have managed to find their way back, one way or another. Here's a couple, though, who I think have been absent since the Crisis:

Binky Biggs (teen humor character; DC's Archie Andrews, kind of)

Kong the Untamed (a caveboy in the manner of Anthro; he never appeared outside of his brief ongoing comic, which last 5 issues) (Edit: OK. Evidently he popped up in History of the DC Universe. But that's it.)

[WonderScott]

Has Doiby Dickles or any of those other odd Golden Age sidekicks every make it to the new reality?

I read JSA and know Ma Hunkel made the interdimensional transition, but am unsure of some of those other characters.

Edit: It looks like Doiby showed up in Young Justice for a story.

I also don’t recall the Lieutenant Marvels showing up in the main Post-Crisis universe.

[Frontier]

Has Doiby Dickles or any of those other odd Golden Age sidekicks every make it to the new reality?

I read JSA and know Ma Hunkel made the interdimensional transition, but am unsure of some of those other characters.

Edit: It looks like Doiby showed up in Young Justice for a story.

I also don’t recall the Lieutenant Marvels showing up in the main Post-Crisis universe.

I also remember an issue of Brubaker's Batman where Doiby showed up in a flashback.

[The Darknight Detective]

I also remember an issue of Brubaker's Batman where Doiby showed up in a flashback.

He also appeared in the memorable issue Green Lantern #19 with Hal, Alan, John, and Guy.

[ducklord]

Aside from Convergence, I'm pretty sure that the Golden Age Speedy never showed up again. Which is weird, since he wasn't explicitly killed during the Crisis. I think he's still out there...

Human Cannonball never came back, I don't think.

Peg Leg Portia?

Wonder Tot?

[Buried Alien]

I may be wrong, but I have a vague memory of seeing King Kull in the not so distant past. I may be mixing things up, though.

Edit: and here we go. From Cry for Justice:

Whoa! There he is! His first and, to date, only Post-COIE appearance!

I think I subconsciously blocked it out because it was from CRY FOR JUSTICE!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Montressor]

Binky, if my memory serves me correctly, appeared in one panel of Morrison's Animal Man when Buddy found himself in the 60s while attempting time travel ( to bring his dead family back).

[The Darknight Detective]

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise:



Hey, I didn't say he deserved to have been seen post-COIE!

[Jim Kelly]

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise:

That Cosmo story is awfully funny, unintentionally, as Cosmo supposedly learns Chinese, but this seems to be just putting on a bad Chinese accent when speaking English.

Whatever Happened to . . .

• Captain Desmo
• Steve Conrad
• Sandra of the Secret Service
• Bart Regan (Spy) and Sally Norris
• Firebrand (Rod Reilly)
• Captain Triumph
• Red, White and Blue
• Jimminy and the Magic Book
• Dover and Clover
• Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
• Miss Melody Lane of Broadway
• Buzzy
• Debbi
• Scooter
• Mars Boy
• Sky Boy
• Crimson Avenger II (1963)
• Ally Babble
• Duplicate Man
• Monarch of Menace
• Johnny Witts
• Mrs Chilton
• Dr. Dundee
• Eterno the Immortal
• The Marauder (1972)
• Gregory Reed
• Johnny Nevada
• Nathan Warbow
• Lola Barnett
• Man-Fish (Sea Devils)
• Devil-Fish (Legion of Super-Heroes)
• Star Hunters

[Comic-Reader Lad]

What about the Wildcat and Doctor Midnight introduced by Roy Thomas in Infinity, Inc.?

Also, he wasn't a pre-Crisis character, but there was another Doctor Mid-Nite that had a Prestige miniseries that no longer appears in the current DCU, right?

[Comic-Reader Lad]

That Cosmo story is awfully funny, unintentionally, as Cosmo supposedly learns Chinese, but this seems to be just putting on a bad Chinese accent when speaking English.

Whatever Happened to . . .

• Captain Desmo
• Steve Conrad
• Sandra of the Secret Service
• Bart Regan (Spy) and Sally Norris
• Firebrand (Rod Reilly)
• Captain Triumph
• Red, White and Blue
• Jimminy and the Magic Book
• Dover and Clover
• Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
• Miss Melody Lane of Broadway
• Buzzy
• Debbi
• Scooter
• Mars Boy
• Sky Boy
• Crimson Avenger II (1963)
• Ally Babble
• Duplicate Man
• Monarch of Menace
• Johnny Witts
• Mrs Chilton
• Dr. Dundee
• Eterno the Immortal
• The Marauder (1972)
• Gregory Reed
• Johnny Nevada
• Nathan Warbow
• Lola Barnett
• Man-Fish (Sea Devils)
• Devil-Fish (Legion of Super-Heroes)
• Star Hunters

Don't forget Dick Grayson's girlfriend at Hudson University!

[The Darknight Detective]

That Cosmo story is awfully funny, unintentionally, as Cosmo supposedly learns Chinese, but this seems to be just putting on a bad Chinese accent when speaking English.

Exactly, Jim. Really idiotic writing there.