Captain Comet

Captain Comet (Adam Blake) is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. The character of Captain Comet first appeared in Strange Adventures #9 (June, 1951), and his 1950s appearances ended with Strange Adventures #49 (October, 1954). Captain Comet reappeared in 1976 when comic writer Gerry Conway brought him back as a supporting character in Secret Society of Super Villains. In this series, it was revealed that Captain Comet has been exploring space since his final Strange Adventures appearance. After the cancellation of Secret Society of Super Villains, he makes various guest appearances in other DC titles until becoming a lead character in the 1990s L.E.G.I.O.N. series. In one L.E.G.I.O.N. scene he returned to the team after exile on a primitive planet where he took the native species from their Stone Age to interstellar travel in the space of a single year, explaining that "They were a bit slow." Captain Comet was... full article at wikipedia