DIVINE ROUND-UP 028

DIVINE ROUND-UP 028

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Religions of the world: you are not being well-represented in fiction. the Dream Warner:  While they never actually say the words “Tibetan Buddhism” in either of Thun-Dohr’s two appearances, he was brought up in a lamasery in Tibet and is personally mentored by the Dalai Lama (though not the one you’re thinking of), so I think that we can extrapolate and assign the Dream Warner to that religious tradition. Though it does not actually appear on-panel, the Dream Warner does give the…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 035

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 035

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Aliens! Aliens? Aliens. the Black-Light Men: Like the Emerald Men of Asperus, the Black-Light Men travel on a mobile planet (the Black-Light Planet, natch, so named because it is not visible using conventional light) and like so many Fletcher Hanks villains they are looking to take over the Earth, in this case by pulling the whole planet out of orbit and freezing it solid before selling it on to the Martians. Due to the Black-Light Planet’s perpetual cold, the Black-Light…

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 086

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 086

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In contrast to the last group of minor super-heroes, 3/4 of these guys have a teeny-tiny chance of appearing in a modern comic. Like, 5% more. Mister E:  Mister E, aka “wealthy sportsman Victor Jay,” is a masked vigilante of the suit-and-cape type, and is remarkable mainly for the fact that Marvel Comics doesn’t really have that many of those kind of guy. In his one recorded adventure he battles the very entertaining Vampire to a stalemate. After this singular adventure, Mr…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 034

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 034

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We got your aliens right here. Martians:  While I think that we might have a couple of Fletcher Hanks aliens in our future, the number is definitely going down at a fairly rapid clip, so let’s enjoy these here Martians while we have them. Like so many aliens, these guys are looking to conquer the Earth, and like so many Fletcher Hanks antagonists they have come up with a completely bonkers and over-the-top method of doing so: by stupefying the…

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 085

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 085

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Welcome to “The Four Characters Least Likely to Return in a Modern Comic” Theatre. Marvex the Super-Robot:  Marvex the Super-Robot! Created to be a slave by a Fifth Dimensional jerk named Bolo, Marvex rejects his fate, kills Bolo and his associates and accidentally blasts himself to Earth while smashing up Bolo’s lab equipment. If you’re already aware of who Marvex is then it’s likely because of the Michael Kupperman strip featuring the character during Marvel’s 70th Anniversary run of comics,…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 033

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 033

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Aliens.  Fifth Dimensional Beings:  These big-headed fellows feature in the origin story of Marvex the Super-Robot, but since we only see Marvex’ creator Bolo and his associates, we can’t really say too much about the culture of these Fifth Dimensional creatures. They have big heads, certainly, and a high enough degree of technology that Bolo is able to whip up a sentient robot on a whim, but whether that’s the sort of thing the population at large is getting up…

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 084

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 084

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Obscure Marvel super-heroes, you say? But of course! Monako, Prince of Magic: Monako is a classic comic book magic hero in the Zatara vein, right down to the top hat, tuxedo and little mustache, though he does eventually switch to wearing a fez. His major distinction from his legion of peers is that he was brought back in a fairly recent Doctor Strange run, though as is so often the case he was dug up only to be horribly killed off. Monako…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 032

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 032

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Aliens (and So Forth) abound! Birdmen: The Birdmen inhabit Sunev, which is either a planet that orbits perilously close to Earth or a second moon of Earth, and which was supposedly formed out of a piece of our planet which broke away in the distant past. Sunev has never been discovered because of some pseudoscientific gibberish about light rays, but space explorer Zephyr Jones and his assistant Corky Grogan make landfall there while testing out Jones’ experimental rocket ship. The Birdmen of…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 539 UPDATE: THE CLAW (vs. The Ghost, 1941)

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 539 UPDATE: THE CLAW (vs. The Ghost, 1941)

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(Daredevil Comics 005, 1941) Everything gonna be all right – the Claw hasn’t been seen for 10 days after he was set on fire and disappeared into the Hudson River. Psych, he’s back after maybe a month or two total, getting his huge fingerprints all over the skyscrapers and gassing on about taking over the US. And who will stop him this time, with the Daredevil out of the Claw-fighting game, Bill Hopkins understandably keeping a low profile and Jerry…

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 083

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 083

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Oh boy! Minor super-heroes! 13:  13 (aka Thirteen, although the numerical version of the name is the official one) is the alias of Harold Higgins, whose life has been haunted by a series of misfortunes related to the number thirteen. A timeline of some of them: February 13, 1940: Harold’s brother Bob dies in a plane crash. March 13, 1940: Harold loses his life savings in the stock market. May 13, 1940: Harold’s sister Margy is paralyzed in a car…

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