Slasher

Few characters can claim the distinction of appearing in the very first issue of one of DC's most storied anthology titles — yet here is Slasher, debuting in The Brave and the Bold #1 in 1955, brought to life by the legendary team of Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick. Emerging at the tail end of the Golden Age, this character inhabits the sword-and-shield world of medieval adventure that defined The Brave and the Bold's early years, sharing those pages with the likes of The Silent Knight and Sir Oswald Bane. With appearances stretching across more than five decades — from 1955 all the way to 2008 — Slasher is a quiet piece of comics history, the kind of deep-catalog discovery that reminds collectors just how rich and layered DC's back catalogue truly is.