*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Created by Will Eisner, Doll Man was the first super-hero to have shrinking powers, preceding the Atom and Ant-Man by two decades. Darrell Dane ‘concentrated his mighty will power’ to shrink from six feet to six inches in height, and battled the underworld from underneath, with the assistance of Elmo the Wonder Dog (who didn’t shrink, but was a Great Dane who provided transportation), and later, his shapely helpmate Doll Girl. Although the Doll Man series is often collected these days for the notorious ‘Good Girl’ strip Torchy, by Bill Ward and Gill Fox, which ran as back-up (and is present in all these issues), the main event is much underestimated, with Ruth Roche, Reed Crandall and Alex Kotsky among the creators delivering ingenious and beautifully-illustrated action tales. Doll Man #24, #27, #28 and #44 are new in this week; pictured are #24 VG+ £80 and #28 VG £70.