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Post by dave on Oct 26, 2021 23:56:18 GMT
In September of 1949 Slam Bradley had his last golden age case as he did not appear in his title's last appearance in the following month his partner Shorty Morgan had his only solo case, guest starring his kid brother. Slam was DC longest lasting title at the time of his cancelation. I is a strange time for Slam to be cancelled as comics were beginning to create many new private investigators and crime solvers. Slam, like Superman, was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster and was their second longest lasting creation of Golden Age. He primarily street thugs during his twelve plus years of publication but he did Have a few villains: Brains IV (Detective Comics Vol 1 #114 August 1946) Buzzard II (Detective Comics Vol 1 #104 October 1945) Fui Onyui (Detective Comics Vol1 #1 March 1937) Lobo Leonard (detective Comics Vol 1 #124 June 1947) Pearly Culp (Detective Comics Vol 1 #111 May 1946) Red Herring (Detective Comics Vol 1 #77 July 1943) Snow Man (Detective Comics Vol 1 #141 November 1948) Strong Man (Detective Comics Vol 1 #138 August 1948) The Voice IV (Detective Comics Vol 1 #97 March 1945) Weasel II (Detective Comics Vol 1 #128 October 1947)
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Post by dave on Oct 27, 2021 1:08:09 GMT
Quality Comics ended one of their long running titles in October of 1949 As several characters ceased publication except for Lady Luck who would get her own book reprinting tales from the Comics Strip which continued using Smash Comics numbering. Midnight was Smash's last and longest lasting cover headliner. Many of his adventures had an comic Earth 12 quality to them. Dave Clark was a radio announcer who became a man in a blue suit known to all as Midnight. Slowly over the years He gained 4 sidekicks. First was the talking monkey named Gabby, then there was Doc Wackey a reformed villain and scientist, and lastly the would be great detective Sniffer Snoop and his bear cub pet Hot-Foot. Here is a list of the villains they fought: Chango the Magician (Smash Comics Vol 1 #20 March 1941) Cyanide Cindy (Smash Comics Vol 1 #65) Darla Dee (Smash Comics Vol 1 #53 May 1944) Father Time III (Smash Comics Vol 1 #84 August 1949) The Ghost of Robin Hood (Smash Comics Vol 1 #27 October 1941) the Laughing Killer (Smash Comics Vol 1 #56 December 1944) Liver Lip McCaw (Smash Comics Vol #25 August 1941) Professor Porgy (Smash Comics Vol 1 #35 September 1942)
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Post by dave on Oct 27, 2021 1:17:48 GMT
Quality Comics had more spy characters than DC and Fawcett combined. X5, G2. Wing Wendall, Don Q, Bruce Blackburn, and their first and longest lasting spy Black X. Richard spencer was criminologist who became a spy, partnering with his Hindu ally Batu they fought America's enemies before and after WWII until Black X retired and again became an active criminologist. Black X is also one of my favorite Golden Age strips. He are his villains. Crimson Vulture (Crack Comics Vol 1 #15 August 1941) Madam Doom (Smash Comics Vol1 #4 November 1939) Purple Hoods (Feature Funnies Vol 1 #16 January 1939) Sinister Significance (Smash Comic Vol 1 # 15 October 1940)
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Post by dave on Oct 27, 2021 1:27:39 GMT
Quality's second Jester was was rookie police officer and a descendant of a real court Jester. The first Jester was a Madam Fatal foe who retired after the one and only fight. Strangely though the heroic Jester's costume was almost identical to the first. There's a great origin story in there somewhere as I can't help but think the two Jesters have a connection. The heroic Jester fought most street level thugs but he did have some villains. Hypo (Smash Comics Vol 1 #76 April 1948) Jesse James III (Smash Comics Vol I #79 October 1948) Lady Satan (Smash Comics Vol 1 #41 March 1943) Oscar Oople (Smash Comics Vol 1 #34 July 1942) Saint Louis Kid (Police Comics Vol 1 #78 August 1948) Stone Face (Smash Comics Vol 1 # 7 October 1943) Terwillger J. Thump (Smash Comics Vol 1 #38 December 1942)
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Post by redsycorax on Oct 27, 2021 1:55:31 GMT
So there's a villainous Lady Satan out there too? Interesting. The heroic version is one of the Golden Society of Super Heroes on my version of Earth-92, where the original DeMona Travers lost her fiancee and most of her family as a result of Spanish fascist aggression against the ship that was carrying them, and ended up fighting the Falangists and their Nazi backers in its thirties. Thanks for this extensive work, dave. You've given me an idea for another fanfiction set in the Earth-92 universe when I get round to writing it.
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Post by dave on Oct 27, 2021 18:56:42 GMT
The Boy Commandos were Dc's last Golden age hit. They appeared in Detective Comics, World's Finest Comics, and the own title. They went through many changes over the years. Jan left the group just after the war. Alfie was replaced by Tex a few years later and Percy Clearwater, a character they had had a few cases with took the place of Andre in their last year of publication. Brooklyn had an accident that required extensive plastic surgery that changed his face in the last year and Percy built the Atomobile. While they fought the Axis during the WWII years they joined the International Police Force in their later years. the following is a list of their villains: Agent Axis (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #1 December 1941) Baron Luger (Boy Commandos Vol1 #29 September 1948) Beast Man I (Detective Comics Vol 1 #134 April 1948) The Boy Commandos of Nippon: Bugi, Fugi, Mugi and Yugi (Detective Comics Vol 1 #106 December 1945) Butcher III (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #26 March 1948) Case 13 (Boy Commandos Vol 2 #16 July 1946) Crazy Quilt (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #15 April 1946) Diamond Hand (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #27 May 1948) El Gaucho (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #22 July 1947) The Eye V (Detective Comics Vol1 #135) The Flame (Boy Commandos VO l1 #23 September 1947) Gem (Henry King) King (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #31 January 1949) Golden Voice (World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #32 January 1948) King of the Animals (Detective Comics Vol 1 #148 June 1949) The Mastermind II (World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #37 November 1948) Mr Peg (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #22 July 1947) Professor Vanners (Detective Comics Vol 1 #142 December 1948) The Rapier World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #30 November 1947) Rollo, World's Fattest Man (World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #1947) Senor Muerte II (Detective Comics Vol 1 #112 June 1946) Silver Skull (Boy Commandos Vol 1 #30 November 1948) Vance (Detective Comics Vol 1 #14p July 1949) Velvet (Boy Commandos Vol1 #21 May 1947) Weapons Master I (Detective Comics Vol 1 #143 January 1949)
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Post by dave on Oct 29, 2021 20:24:01 GMT
Kid Eternity was one Quality Comic most unique characters. His powers to summon the dead, deities, and fictional characters to solve the problem at hand. He obviously had an encyclopedic memory as far as history is concerned. Oddly though his powers only worked when Mr Keeper was around. Here are his villains: The Beagle (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #9 March 1948) The Brute II (Hit Comics Vol 1 #55 November 1948) The Count (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #3 September 1946) Dr Marko (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #2 June 1946) Dr. Pain (Hit Comics Vol 1 #26 February 1943) False Face III (Hit Comics Vol 1 #40 May 1946) Her Highness and Silk (Hit Comics Vol 1 #27 April 1943) Kali (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #1 March 1946) Lightening Man (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #7 September 1947) Mavara (Kid Eternity Vol 2 #6 June 1947) Master Man II (Kid Eternity Comics Vol 1 #15 May 1949) Mister Keeper's Nameless Twin (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #11 September 1948) Mister MidasMister Midas (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #10 July 1948) Mister Mole (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #8 December 1947) Mister Puny (Hit Comics Vol 1 #53 July 1948) Mister Silence II Hit Comics Vol 1 #37 September 1945) One- Eyed Gootch (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #8 December 1947) Shoe (Hit Comics Vol 1 #44 January 1947) Skir (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #9 March 1948) Unknown III (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #10 July 1948) Zero (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #8 December 1947) Zotar (Kid Eternity Vol 1 #10 July 1948)
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Post by dans on Oct 29, 2021 23:34:38 GMT
I wonder if he ever called a bad guy by mistake?
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Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 30, 2021 0:15:11 GMT
I wonder if he ever called a bad guy by mistake? In the beginning he could call both good and evil people, and some of the people he called were bad. For example, he once called Inspector Javert to help cathc some criminals, only to banish him again when Javert started beating the criminals to death. A few times he called up the shades of dead criminals to rat out their partners who had silenced them.
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Post by dave on Oct 31, 2021 4:06:32 GMT
The end of 1949 saw the end of the publication of National Comics saw the last appearance of three interesting strips. The first was National Comics headliner who had years before moved Uncle Sam off the cover and the comic. The Barker, AKA Carnie Callahan of Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus and its odd assortment of friends: Lena, the fat Lady, Tiny, the Strongman, the cigar smoking little person Major Midge and the original heroic Spiderman, Spudo, who had four arms. The Barker was a popular fun, engaging comic strip that ofttimes drifted into Earth 12 territory in both National Comics and their own book. They fought a fair share of villains listed below: Birdman (National Comics Vol 1 #59 April 1947) Cappy Lane (National Comics Vol 1 #43 August 1944) Froggo (The Barker Vol 1 #15 December 1949) Grifter (National Comics Vol 1 #56 October 1946) Human Fly I (National Comics Vol 1 #64 February 1948) Human Dynamo II (The Barker Vol 1 #5 September 1947) Laughs (The Barker Vol 1 #10 December 1948) Pied Piper IV (Barker Vol 1 #12 June 1949) Snake Oil Sam (Nation Comics Vol1 #74 October 1949) Spellbinder Smith (National Comics Vol 1 #71 April 1949)
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Post by dave on Oct 31, 2021 4:14:56 GMT
Steve Wood was a private eye who worked the waterfront. His tales were well written and drawn after Film Noir popular at the time. I am somewhat surprised that the strip did not transfer to another book because it was top notch in my opinion. Here are his villains: Charon II (National Comics Vol 1 #67 August 1947) Squid I (National Comics Vol 1 #72 June 1949)
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Post by dave on Oct 31, 2021 4:24:25 GMT
Sally O'Neil, Police Woman has the distinction of being the only character who appeared in everyone of National Comics. She was rookie police officer from a family of cops in her first appearance and a detective soon their after. Sally was one of several rookie cops who starred the comics, Johnny Law, Dan (Blue Beetle I) Garrett, Chuck (Jester II) Lane, Rookie Rankin, Dan (Manhunter I) Richards, and Jim (Guardian) Harper to name a few. She is the only woman among the group and only the second to become a detective in the Golden Age of Comics. Both are remarkable feats for the time. Here are her villains: Beggar Queen (National Comics Vol 1 #6 October 1943) Dr Doom (National Comics Vol 1 #42 May 1944) The Deacon (National Comics Vol 1 #20 February 1940) The Jackal II National Comics Vol 1 # 57 December 1946) Leopard Man I National Comics Vol 1 #67 August 1947) Leopard Man II (National Comics Vol 1 #67 August 1947) Mister Malevolence (National Comics Vol 1 #72 June 1949) Purple Masked Bandit (National Comics Vol 1 #33 July 1943) Robber Fly (National Comics Vol 1 #73 August 1949) Terrible Toomey (National Comics Vo1 1 #45 December 1944)
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Post by dave on Nov 17, 2021 2:46:56 GMT
Quality Comics had a variety of non costumed crime fighters who battles gangsters and thug in their regular identity and professions. they had a cab driver, a cartoonist, and the longest last hero Swing Sisson, a big band leader. here are his villains: Ape II Allen (Feature Comics Vol 1 #127 October 1948) Emil Torrelli (Feature Comics Vol 1 #137 August 1949) The Maestro I (Feature Comics Vol 1 #54 March 1942) The Maestro II (Feature Comics Vol 1 #125 August 1948) The Piper (Feature Comics Vol 1 #52 January 1942) Torchy Lane (Feature Comics Vol 1 #97 April 1946) Yvonne (Feature Comics Vol 1 #62 November 1942)
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Post by dans on Nov 17, 2021 3:17:16 GMT
He was modeled on my grandfather, who was also a big band leader!
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Post by dave on Nov 20, 2021 8:24:15 GMT
Bob and Swab were Marine Corporal Bob Masters and Seaman Swab Decker. they were assigned to he USS Brimstone and had all sorts of adventures (especially on shore leave. They appeared in he entire run of Hit Comics which ended in July of 1950. their stories ran from serious to comic. Here are these forgotten characters Villains. Captain Bones (Feature Comics Vol 1 #43 November 1946) Teredo (Hit Comics Vol 1 #65 July 1957)
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