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FASCIST GOON CLEARING HOUSE 015

FASCIST GOON CLEARING HOUSE 015

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If there’s one thing I know it’s that the world has a seemingly-inexhaustible supply of odious little fascist worms. the All-American League: The All-American League is nothing so exciting as your Nazi spies trying to poison the reservoir or prevent and/or encourage the US entrance into WWII. Instead, they are the more banal type of fascism that is popular nowadays, in which patriotism is weaponized as a way to enrich and empower a few petty men (yes, yes that’s what…

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CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 013

CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 013

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If I see a wound, I catalogue it. Camilla, Queen of the Lost Empire: Shot in the back with an arrow. (Jungle Comics 019, 1941) Captain Flag: Nearly dies of the Black Hand’s horrible hand disease. (Blue Ribbon Comics 016, 1941) the Cat-Man: Stabbed in the chest, to death (he gets better). (Crash Comics Adventures 004, 1940) Killed by a blood-freezing ray. He gets better again. (Crash Comics Adventures 005, 1940) Dynamo: Dynamo gets his skull creased by a bullet…

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CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 012

CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 012

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If I keep at this long enough then we will find the super-hero with the most comically-long list of wounds sustained in the course of their adventures. Currently in the lead: the Green Mask! Unless we’re talking about head traumas, in which case I must direct your gaze to the Blue Beetle. Domino the Miracle Boy: Shot in the right shoulder by Dr Moru while heroically leaping in front of a gun to save the Green Mask. (Mystery Men Comics…

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GENERIC COSTUMED VILLAIN ROUND-UP 045

GENERIC COSTUMED VILLAIN ROUND-UP 045

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It’s hard out there for the little guys. Unnamed Spy Chief: I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a comic book villain with such a distinctive look and clear devotion to a visual theme but absolutely nothing else. Her “decadent Egyptian Queen” bit doesn’t spill into her plans, it doesn’t inform how her minions dress… she doesn’t even have a name. Baffling!  On top of everything else, her plans are foiled and she is captured by the oafish Navy man Spark…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 984: THE GHOUL

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 984: THE GHOUL

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(Green Mask v1 007, 1941) The Ghoul has a simple, brutal, efficient racket: identify people who have large life insurance policies, murder them, and then extort the payout from their beneficiaries with threats of violence. What is unclear is exactly how long the racket has been going on, and whether the point we come in at represents some awkward teething troubles or a long-established operation beginning to crumble. Either way, the Ghoul’s last score is a mess: actor John Pierce…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 983: GREEN MASK AND DOMINO IMPOSTORS

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 983: GREEN MASK AND DOMINO IMPOSTORS

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(Green Mask v1 006, 1941) It’s a classic scheme: dress up like a super-hero – or super-heroes in this case: the Green Mask and Domino the Miracle Boy – to commit crimes, and rely on the public and the police to draw attention away from you and toward them in the subsequent outcry and investigation. The only real trick to the hero-imposture game is not to push your luck. As long as the super-hero is free to do so, they…

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CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 011

CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 011

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We regret to inform you that more super-heroes have been wounded. the Blue Beetle:  The very first thing that happens in the very first Blue Beetle comic: Dan “the Blue Beetle” Garret gets shot in the left arm. (Mystery Men Comics 001, 1939) Domino the Miracle Boy: It’s a miracle (a boy miracle?) that Domino survives 1941, because he gets hit by a dang car. (Green Mask v1 006, 1941) Not two issues later, Domino gets shot in the ever-popular…

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MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 099

MINOR SUPER-HERO ROUND-UP 099

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Super-heroes. Like heroes, but super. Captain Midnight: Like the second, more popular (though still pretty obscure) Captain Midnight that will be published by Fawcett starting in 1942, this fellow is an adaptation of the radio character, and unlike the second Captain Midnight, this one is a pretty direct adaptation. It’s a bit abbreviated and you kind of have to keep referring to the Captain Midnight Wikipedia page to fill in the gaps where your assumed familiarity with the radio show lies, but…

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