Rad

Rad burst onto the scene in 1991 with The Legend of the Shield #1, a launch title from DC's Impact! imprint that brought a fresh, energetic pulse to early-'90s superhero storytelling. Created by the talented team of Mark Waid and Grant Miehm, this Copper/Modern Age character shares the page with The Shield, Joe Higgins, and Karen Thomas — a compelling ensemble that signals just how ambitious the Impact! Universe was in carving out its own corner of comics history. Rad's place in Who's Who in the !mpact! Universe confirms a character substantial enough to earn their own entry in the mythology's official record. With only a brief window of publication, Rad is a genuine artifact of a bold, short-lived experiment — exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through early-'90s back issues so rewarding.