

Pulled out of the sea by an elderlycouple who then adopted him, Garth grew up to be incredibly strong. History: As a small child the man who would become Garth was washedashore in the Shetlands in a tiny coracle. Known Relatives: Elderly Scottish couple (foster parents) SpaceExploration Commander Wolfen (great-grandfather)īase of Operations: Active throughout time and across the worldįirst Appearance: Daily Mirror (Saturday 24th July, 1943) Identity/Class: Human / extra-terrestrial hybrid

It was created for The Daily Mirror, by comic strip artist Steve Dowling and Gordon Boshell who, with prompting from the Editor, came up with the concept of a strongman strip that would be modelled on the popular US comic.

Garth had been running for a long time by then, in fact it had been running since before the Second World War ended. Recent weeks have seen the classic Daily Mirror hero Garth return in an online web-strip on the .uk website.Now the strip has been collected into an online comic book for free over on the website.
