Paul Revere

Few comic characters can claim a debut as storied as this one — Paul Revere first rode onto the page in Cartoons by Bradley back in 1917, making him a genuine Platinum Age figure whose roots stretch to the very earliest days of American comic art, courtesy of the great Luther D. Bradley. Over more than a century of appearances across publications like Judge, Archie, and A Picture Story of the United States, this iconic historical figure has kept remarkably eclectic company — sharing pages with everyone from Archie Andrews and Jughead Jones to Abraham Lincoln himself. With 22 catalog appearances, a key issue to his name, and a publishing span that stretches an astonishing 108 years, Paul Revere is a fascinating thread connecting the Platinum Age origins of American comics to the present day.