The always excellent Reed Crandall drew this cover of Captain Triumph versus a really wicked-looking werewolf!

Captain Triumph was Quality Comics’ answer to Superman.  When Lance Gallant rubbed the T-shaped birthmark on his wrist the spirit of his deceased twin brother, Michael, entered his body, and they become the super-powered Captain Triumph!!  The hero was endowed with near-limitless invulnerability, flight, invisibility, and limited super-strength.  He later gains the ability to change his size and appearance.

Captain Triumph, like all Quality Comics characters, was purchased by DC Comics when Quality went out of business.  However, like most of the Quality crew, Captain Triumph languished in comic book limbo.  He had brief cameo appearances in All-Star Squadron, but that title was cancelled before writer Roy Thomas got a chance to utilize him.

The only real significant appearance Captain Triumph had was in the 4-issue Elseworlds series The Golden Age.  Writer James Robinson and DC editorial disagree as to whether or not that story is canon, but it’s still a great read and worth tracking down.

The captain did make a couple of appearances in different DC books later on, but those are best left unmentioned and forgotten.