Depending on their age, there might be some appreciation for the strips in Centaur's Amazing Man title. A-Man himself (in the earlier stories) has...personality issues (without giving too much away) that he needs to overcome; his origin starts in Tibet, too, which is once again a trendy topic. The Iron Skull usually has a two-fisted feel without being overly violent. Mighty Man strongly (and intentionally) resembles the Tall Tales of the colonial period. The Shark has some fun interplay between father and son. The rest of the strips are sort of bland, but it might be a good title to get your feet wet with more obscure characters.
Books from Ajax and Magazine Enterprises might also be fair game, though I can't think of anything that stands out.
Oh! There's also Lev Gleason's Daredevil, of course, who has a visually striking costume and, once Charles Biro takes over, often gives a realistic (well, realistic-seeming to a guy currently in his thirties, at least) view of daily life in the '40s. Then he gets edged out of his own book by his kid sidekicks, the poor guy. (But he fares better than Green Lantern did at DC--he was bumped out by his DOG!)
