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Rai from comic by Valiant Comics

Rai from comic by Valiant Comics.

by Harold Foster

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First appearing in the debut edition of Valiant on October 6, 1962, The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the ’60s and ’70s. The series focused on Louis Crandell, a lab assistant to Dr. Barringer. After an accident took his right hand, Barringer replaced the hand with a sophisticated prosthetic, but another accident unhinged Crandell, giving him the power to turn invisible if he received an electric shock, only his steel hand remaining visible. The deranged Crandell used this not terribly practical power to commit crimes until the balance of his mind was restored, and he became a crime fighter. Crandell went to work for a Government agency called the Shadow Squad.

First appearing in the debut edition of Valiant on October 6, 1962, The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the ’60s and ’70s. The series focused on Louis Crandell, a lab assistant to Dr. Barringer. After an accident took his right hand, Barringer replaced the hand with a sophisticated prosthetic, but another accident unhinged Crandell, giving him the power to turn invisible if he received an electric shock, only his steel hand remaining visible. The deranged Crandell used this not terribly practical power to commit crimes until the balance of his mind was restored, and he became a crime fighter. Crandell went to work for a Government agency called the Shadow Squad.

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