MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 537: THE SILVER FOX
(Funny Pages v1 007, 1936) Dastardly desert bandit who bedevils scientist Fred Murray and his children Jimmie and Norrie as they search Egypt for the Sapphire Eye of Sehkmet. He’s a pretty basic type villain but I have some affection for these pulp-style fellows as we start to get away from them. Note also the all-purpose accent he’s sporting, which was definitely the go-to for Golden Age creators who didn’t know what, say, an Egyptian sounded like. As far as…
