[cherylnancollis]

Hello,
My name is Cheryl and I work for an educational publishing company. I am currently writing a learning resource pack about superheroes for use in schools. I am trying to find public domain examples of short comic strips that would be appropriate for children (ie no racist undertones, no very scantily-clad women, bad language etc.) but that still exemplify the main features of Golden/Silver Age superhero comics, e.g. lots of onomatopoeia, secret identity, lots of action, etc., that are also not overly long. I have spent hours trawling through the bank of comics and am struggling to find anything that fits the bill (when I look in the children's section it is pretty much all adventure stories rather than superheroes), so I thought maybe I should reach out and ask the experts! If anyone has any advice to point me in the right direction and avoid me having to go through every comic one-by-one, I'd be extremely grateful.
Thanks in advance!

[paw broon]

Hello Cheryl,
Have a look at Doll Man.  Secret I/D, costume, power.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=884

This copy of Smash comics has The Ray, Midnight. 

The Black Condor in Crack comics:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=72541

Plastic Man :-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=887

America's Greatest Comics has Captain Marvel, Minute Man, Mr Scarlet,  Bulletman:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=16198

Let us know how you get on, please.