Rick Raleigh
Few characters carry the weight of comics history quite like Rick Raleigh, who burst onto the scene in Hit Comics #1 in 1940 — one of the earliest voices of DC's Golden Age, brought to life by artist Dan Zolnerowich. His story stretches across an remarkable 81 years of publication, from the patriotic fervor of the early 1940s all the way to 2021, a testament to the enduring appeal of that founding era. His appearances in All-Star Squadron place him in extraordinarily storied company — sharing pages with legends like Green Lantern, Hawkman, and The Flash — which tells you everything about the caliber of the world he inhabits. For collectors and Golden Age devotees, Rick Raleigh is a genuine artifact of where it all began, a name that connects the very roots of DC's superhero universe to its sprawling modern mythology.
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