Golden Age Comics Hoodies

After his father's death, Dusty is adopted by Joe Higgins, aka the Shield, and begins to fight crime as Dusty the Boy Detective. He later formed the team known as the Boy Buddies with the sidekick of the Wizard, Roy the Super-Boy.

This Retro Comic adult woman is having a bad day.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Boy Meets Girl is a pop art classic.

Shannon Kane was the wife of Harry Kane, a chemist who worked for the government. Harry was killed by "enemies of his country." In her husband's research she found the “spider‐web fluid” formula, which sticks like glue—and strong enough to swing on! Shannon invented a set of bracelets to shoot out the fluid, and became the sworn enemy of all criminals. Coupled with her athleticism, she became the Spider Queen.

This Retro Comic woman is having a bad day.

This Retro Comic woman is having a bad day.

The Original Fighting Yank (Nedor Comics)

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.

Jim Collins wandered the American West dispensing justice all the while still being hunted for crime he didn't commit. He was assisted by his sidekick Patsy. His adventures take place in the modern age of automobiles, yet everyone dresses like the old west in this version of Texas. St. John reprinted, re-colored and re-named the character as the Bold Buckeroo, the Masked Blackjack, and the Lone Vigilante.

Mysterious, beautiful and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madame Strange matched her nerve and strength against grim foes who threatened America's far-flung air outposts and naval stations. To accompany her amazing physical speed and strength, Strange was blessed with a great arm and pin-point accuracy which she displayed on several occasions, wielding a plethora of throwing knives often used to best her enemies.

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Red Gaucho was an American who became a famous crime fighter in South America. He had a habit of laughing when he fought and used weapons such as a sword or whip. He fought Communists as wells as enemies such as Furfooz, Tad Cromer, Punchez , and Don Bacco.

Greetings from the Golden Age! Badge label, ink, marker, gel.

King O'Leary was a newspaper editor and reporter for the Daily Sentinel who solved crimes as well as reported about them. He was aided by the Daily Sentinel's ace photographer Kitty Allen.

Called the world's greatest inventor, Sky Wizard the Master of Space built a "stratosphere plane" - an enormous flying island. He hired Capt. Dare to test fly it to China, but when Captain Dare was kidnapped by the Tibetan tyrant known as the Unholy One, he used his island and other inventions to rescue him.

Richard Grey Jr. lost his parents during an archaeological expedition to Mongolia, where they were killed in an ambush. Richard was raised by giant black condors native to the region, and after studying his condor foster parents, he learned to fly. Later, when he reached adulthood, he befriended a hermit monk named Father Pierre who convinced him that he should use his unique attributes to do good. Inspired by the monk's teachings, Richard adopted the costumed persona of Black Condor.

During the Japanese siege of Manila, young Juan Manito is fleeing to the hills with his mother and sister when a Japanese plane strafes them, killing the mother and sister. He goes undercover with the Japanese, pretending to be a traitor, until he can direct the Japanese troops into an ambush and kill the pilot who killed his mother and sister. Manito then carries on the fight in guerrilla fashion.

Wishing to do more to combat the criminals of Superior City, Oregon, than he could as an assistant district attorney, Rick Raleigh created the costumed identity of the Red Bee. During his adventures, he battled the likes of "Boss" Storm, Dr. Marah, and the Swordsmen Kalak and Rugi. He was a superb athlete and could control bees. He also carried a stinger gun.

Cosmic Carson was the two-fisted wise-cracking “ace pilot of the interplanetary patrol” and fought space opera themed menaces such as Brigo and the Fangmen of Jupiter, the Skullmen, Cannibals on Eros, Martians and a Plutonian “protoplasmic degenerator”.

He is Chuck Benson ---- PHANTOM FALCON --- the secret air ace who appears when he is most needed to fight against the enemies of freedom and America in the heart of World War Two! PHANTOM FALCON only ran for six issues of Cat-Man Comics.

This naive alien with super-strength tries to right wrongs and fight crime on Earth even though he considers all earthlings stupid!

Green Hornet Fights Crime. 1948.

Policewoman Dolly O’Dare is a hard-boiled police detective. Her nemesis is "the sinister Baron Blue and his subtle system of larceny and murder." Blue, a gentleman thief, is initially successful in his crimes but always driven off by the clever and tough O’Dare, who will go undercover at a fashion show if necessary to catch the Baron.

A quick design.

This Retro Comic adult woman is having a bad day.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Confessions of the Lovelorn is a pop art classic.

The Tiger Girl, also known as Princess Vishnu, was a jungle girl from India. She was accompanied by her companions: Benzali, a tiger, and Abdola, an Indian man. She carried a whip and possessed a tiger ring which gave her strength if she looked at it.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Confessions of the Lovelorn is a pop art classic.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Diary Secrets is graphic classic.

Newspaper photographer "Lens" Crockett stumbled on a case and got beaten up by the crooks. Vowing revenge, he found a fancy dress costume in the newspaper office stock room and used it to fight crime as the Night Bird. He had no powers but he had a good right hook.

Captain Atom was a scientist-adventurer who used gadgets to investigate the unknown and fight various menaces. His gadgets and vehicles included a uranium amplifier, a spectroscope, an atom submarine, a walkie-talkie television, atom powered noiseless ram rocket, and an auto-gyro parachute. The stories he appeared in were written to teach kids lessons about science (as it was understood at the time of publication).

The Sorceress of Zoom was the ruler of the magical cloud city of Zoom. The city could appear, disappear and travel through the sky at her whim. Her subjects, within the city, were monsters magically created by her from the remains of those who were killed in her raids on earthbound cities. Her ultimate goal was world domination. She briefly reformed and helped to fight the Axis, but the Sorceress quickly returned to her wicked ways and her mad quest for power.

Star of Dolan's Mammoth Circus, Miraco the Great possesses not only hypnotic powers, but also commands real magic and occult abilities as well as superhuman strength.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of All For Love is a pop art classic.

Blazing West comic no.6, 1949, now in the public domain.

FBI Agent Craig Williams, frustrated by criminals who escape the law and operate outside the FBI's jurisdiction, put on a costume and fought crime. He had no super-powers. His enemies included The Death's Head, The Red Lash, The Fire Eater, Lady Satan, and The Vulture's Claw.