doll man is a fictional superhero from the golden age of comics, originally published by quality comics and currently part of the dc comics universe of characters. doll man was created by cartoonist will eisner and first appeared in a four-page story entitled "meet the doll man" in "feature comics" #27. the issue's december, 1939 cover date indicates that doll man is the first comic book superhero with a shrinking power. he notably predates the more-famous ray palmer (dc's the atom) and hank pym (marvel comics' ant-man) by two decades.