TROPHY ROOM – FLASH
(All-Star Comics 002, 1940) Not terribly fantastic as trophies go – a run-of-the-mill political boss tries to kill a newspaper publisher – but if the Flash wants a filthy old bullet, he can have it.
TROPHY ROOM – FLASH
(All-Star Comics 002, 1940) Not terribly fantastic as trophies go – a run-of-the-mill political boss tries to kill a newspaper publisher – but if the Flash wants a filthy old bullet, he can have it.
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 060: THE MASK
(Action Comics 022, 1940) The Mask is your garden-variety master of disguise, con artist subtype: he assumes the identities of others in order to acquire monies from their banks and businesses. He is distinguished from the rest of his ilk in two ways: firstly in that he is our second villain to employ the aid of the Tigress and secondly in that he actually has his face surgically altered to make his impersonations. His downfall comes when he assumes the…
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 059: THE MASTER OF THE MOOR
(Action Comics 021, 1940) The Master of the Moor is part of the kind of comic story that starts out overly complex – the corrupt sheriff and coroner of a small town in Sussex, England plot to replace local aristocrat Lord Ralway with a double in order to steal his lands – and with the addition of a few comic book elements becomes just completely untenable. To whit: -the man who they have recruited to be the double, the Master…
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 058: DR VREEKILL
(New York World’s Fair Comics 002, 1940) Dr Vreekill had a steel-melting ray and a dream (engage in the surprisingly common crime activity of extorting the attractions of the New York World’s Fair as a prelude to world domination) until Batman and Robin stuck their big noses into his business.
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 057: THE MASTERMIND
(More Fun Comics 049-050, 1939) Masked spy chief. After his first appearance is foiled by adventurer Biff Bronson he pulls one of the more major pivots in supercrime by opening one of those wax museums that doubles as a murder palace, where he himself is killed in a second encounter with Biff.
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 057: THE MASTERMIND
(More Fun Comics 049-050, 1939) Masked spy chief. After his first appearance is foiled by adventurer Biff Bronson he pulls one of the more major pivots in supercrime by opening one of those wax museums that doubles as a murder palace, where he himself is killed in a second encounter with Biff.
MINOR SUPER-HERO 003: THE FLYING FOX
(More Fun Comics 037-051, 1938-1940) Rex Darrell! The Flying Fox! One of the most dull Golden Age aviator heroes, but as with so many of them, he has a cool name so here he is.
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 056: MR A-X
(More Fun Comics 046, 1939) Air pirate who bedeviled minor aviation hero the Flying Fox on multiple occasions.
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 055: MR BIG
(Feature Comics 022, 1939) Just a regular counterfeiter, but he’s our first Canadian crook who squeaks over the line into the realm of the super-villain, so here you go.