Why of why do they keep on hurting our boys?
Meteor:
Silver Streak’s partner Meteor is shot in the back by a Nazi, but it’s okay: the bullet only “nicked” his back. (Silver Streak Comics 016, 1941)
Electro:
Professor Zog, the brains behind Electro, is shot in the left arm. (Marvel Mystery Comics 016, 1941)
the Sandman:
The Sandman has a very rough 1940, starting with a shot to the right shoulder… (Adventure Comics 047, 1940)
… then a shot to the left shoulder… (Adventure Comics 050, 1940)
… a second shot to the right shoulder… (Adventure Comics 055, 1940)
… and the for symmetry’s sake, a second wound to the left shoulder (All-Star Comics 001, 1940)
To add insult to injury, he has to have gotten at least a little radiation poisoning during his repeated encounters with the Yellow-Faced Terror and his killer radium ball. (All-Star Comics 002, 1940)
Sargon the Sorcerer:
Sargon the Sorcerer, shot in the left shoulder while trying to do his damn job. (All-American Comics 032, 1941)
Zatara:
Zatara is shot in the right arm while hanging around a lost city of ape-men. (Action Comics 027, 1940)
Then he is shot in the left shoulder by an uncommonly fast-on-the-draw crook. (Action Comics 038, 1941)
Zatara shot in the left shoulder again thanks to the fact that he overlooks a crook when making himself hypnotically invisible. (Action Comics 040, 1941)