THE CLOCK is acknowledged as the first masked hero of comic books (1936). His secret identity is
Brian O'Brien, a wealthy man of means. He fought against gangsters and dope dealers, murderers and
thieves. He started in Funny Pages #6, and enjoyed runs in Feature Funnies (later Feature Comics) and
Crack Comics. He was an outlaw of sorts, a Robin Hood who sometimes kept the money from a case
to aid the poor, with his justifications written out in a letter to the police; he also often let the crooks
and the police know exactly when he, THE CLOCK, would strike. Resourceful and inventive, his stories
were always something different from the mainstream.
The stories in this collection were harvested from Centaur Publications FUNNY PAGES #6-11, FUNNY
PICTURE STORIES #1 &2 and DETECTIVE PICTURE STORIES #2 & 5. Centaur publications sold the rights
of the Clock to Quality Comics in 1940. The ClockÕs adventures were then continued in QualityÕs
FEATURE FUNNIES (which had a name change to FEATURE COMICS ) from issues #3 to 31 and then
ultimately in CRACK COMICS from issue #1 to 35., which are also included in this collection. The Clock
survived two companies and five titles before his time in the Golden Age of comics ran out.
We use the best scans readily available but because these stories come from a multitude of old issues
and different sources, the quality of the images is not consistent.