For a modern reader,the comics of the Golden Age — those superhero comics that came out between the late '30s and early '50s — are not always the most accessible reads. The clunky exposition, crude art, and formulaic plots of many of these comics often fail to impress fans more familiar with comics that appear on the surface to be more sophisticated.
However,the comics of Jack Cole — born on this day in 1914 — do not fit this description. Cole's magnum opus, his nearly decade-long hasten as writer/artist on his creation, and Plastic Man,was easily twenty years ahead of its time and feels just as fresh nowadays as it did in the '40s.
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Source: comicsalliance.com