The Jester: 1941-1949

by Paul Gustavson, Mort Leav (Illustrator), Pete Riss (Illustrator)

Created by writer and artist Paul Gustavson, The Jester laughed his way onto the superhero scene in Smash Comics #22 in 1941.In 63 stories throughout the Golden Age of comics, rookie cop Charles 'Chuck' Lane, a direct descendant of ' a real European court jester' donned his ancestor's picturesque garb and dealt justice to lawbreakers everywhere as The Jester!

405 pages, Paperback

Published February 14, 2016

About the author

Paul Gustavson (né Karl Paul Gustafson) was an American-immigrant comic-book writer and artist. His most notable creations during the Golden Age of Comic Books were The Human Bomb for Quality Comics, and the Angel, who debuted in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first publication of Marvel Comics forerunner Timely Comics. The Angel would star in more than 100 stories in the 1940s. The Human Bomb would later be acquired by DC Comics and make sporadic appearances as late as 2005.