Who were the OTHER Golden Age heroes?

[MajorHoy]

Wasn’t the delay almost like three years? It was a looooong delay.

But, in the end there were 12 issues of The Twelve when all was said and (eventually) done.
(Actually, there were fourteen issues since there was also an issue #0 as well as a #½ that reprinted some Golden Age stories.)
The fact that it took just over four years is frustrating, but it's almost a minor point when compared to some other books that actually never had all their announced issues published.

[MajorHoy]

* Archie the Gruesome - One Golden Age appearance in Comedy Comics #10 (June 1942).



Then he appeared in several issues of 2011's All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes series

[DrNewGod]

* Archie the Gruesome - One Golden Age appearance in Comedy Comics #10 (June 1942).



Then he appeared in several issues of 2011's All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes series

You know, this guy feels a bit like a spiritual ancestor of characters like 'Mazing Man.

[MajorHoy]

A couple more of the Golden Age feature characters who were later used in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes:

* Davey Drew - appeared in four issues of Mystic Comics in 1941-1942.



* (Doug) "Jap-Buster" Johnson -

Feature first appeared in U.S.A. Comics #6 (December 1942).
Last Golden Age appearance was in Kid Komics #10 (Spring 1946).

[MajorHoy]

* Dakor the Magician -

[MajorHoy]

* Dale of the F.B.I. appears to have made only one Golden Age appearance -

in Daring Mystery Comics #3 (April 1940).
But he still rated an entry in 2009's Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special

[MajorHoy]

* Barney Mullen - Sea Rover also appears to have made only one Golden Age appearance in a Timely Comics series -

in Daring Mystery Comics #1 (January 1940).
But he also earned an entry in 2009's Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special


Also, the GCD (comics.org) seems to indicate the feature was actually material produced by "Funnies, Inc." and the Sea Rover feature was later seen in Centaur Publication's Funny Pages #40 (August 1940).

[MajorHoy]

I've always been a sucker for news reporters in comic book stories.

* (Raymond) "Deadline" Dawson -

from Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special (2009)

First appearance: in the Terry Vance feature in Marvel Mystery Comics #11 (September 1940)

[MajorHoy]

A few jungle-related entries from Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special (2009):
* Tigerman -


* Trojak -


* Zar (the Mighty)
and
* Zara -

[MajorHoy]

This one was on the "http://www.internationalhero.co.uk" listing of Timely Comics characters:

* Gary Gaunt - appears to have had one Golden Age appearance in Mystic Comics #9 (May 1942)


But he also showed up in Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #21 in 2010.




What's not to love about a Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde character who was probably named for the actor Cary Grant?

[MajorHoy]

Another retconned "Golden Age" character:
* Doctor Druid (Anthony Druid) -

from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age (2004)

First appearance, as Dr. Droom, in Amazing Adventures #1 (June 1961)

[MajorHoy]

* Zephyr Jones -

Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special (2009)

Listing as having appeared twice during the Golden age:

Daring Mystery Comics #2 (February 1940)

followed by

Mystic Comics #1 (March 1940)

[MajorHoy]

* Subbie (NOTE: Not Namor the Sub-Mariner) -
Appeared in Kid Komics #1 - 2 in 1943.

From his first appearance,

[MajorHoy]

* Comet Pierce - Another of those one-shot appearance characters

from Red Raven Comics #1 (August 1940)

Who also had an entry in 2009's Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special

[shooshoomanjoe]

I notice news reporters, sailors and law enforcement were popular characters in the golden age.