Doc Strange Circa 1947

Long before Stan Lee and Steve Ditko bowled over 1960s' comic readers with their psychedelic character, Dr. Strange, Richard Hughes and Alexander Kostuk debuted a hero called Doc Strange back in 1940! First appearing in Thrilling Comics #1, the 1940's Doc Strange was a pretty generic hero who was super-strong, invulnerable and generally brilliant. He gained nondescript teen sidekick "Mike" in 1942 and the two fought bad guys throughout the decade. Doc Strange resurfaced in the mid-1980s in AC Comics' Femforce and later in Tom Strong simply calling himself Tom Strange.

Here's one of his last 1940s appearances from America's Best Comics #21...