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HOME<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

THE EXPLOSION OF KRYPTON<\/b>
<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

THE GUY BEHIND WWII<\/b><\/a>
<\/span><\/p>\n

the Black Dragon<\/a> (Silver Streak Comics 010, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n

the Devil<\/a> (Blue Ribbon Comics 019, 1941)<\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

the Dictator<\/a> (Blue Ribbon Comics 013, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mars<\/a> (National Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Wotan<\/a> (National Comics 011, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

THE GUY WHO SHOT BATMAN’S PARENTS<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Just Some Guy<\/a> (Detective Comics 033, 1939)<\/span><\/p>\n

KILLED IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE ANOTHER<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

the Daredevil II<\/a> (Silver Streak Comics 009, 1941)<\/p>\n

MISC ORIGIN STORY GUYS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Amazing-Man: the Great Question<\/a> (Amazing-Man Comics 005, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Banshee: <\/span>the Scorpion<\/a> (Fantastic Comics 021, 1941)<\/p>\n

Batman: the Guy Who Shot Batman’s Parents<\/a> (Detective Comics v1 033, 1939)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Black Hood: <\/span>the Skull<\/a> (Top-Notch Comics 009, 1940) <\/span><\/p>\n

Black X: <\/span>Kadu-Kan<\/a> (Smash Comics 006, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Blaze Baylor: <\/span>the Arson Ring<\/a> (Cat-Man Comics 001, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Blue Bolt: <\/span>the Green Sorceress<\/a> (Blue Bolt v1 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bozo the Iron Man: <\/span>Dr von Thorp<\/a> (Smash Comics 001, 1939)<\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Buddy Smith: <\/span>the Purple Shirts<\/a> (National Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulletgirl: Triple Threat<\/a> (Master Comics 012, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n

Captain Flag: <\/span>the Black Hand<\/a> (Blue Ribbon Comics 016, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

Captain Marvel Jr: <\/span>Captain Nazi<\/a> (Whiz Comics 025, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chuck: <\/span>the Fang<\/a> (Fantastic Comics 017, 1941)<\/p>\n

Daredevil II: <\/span>the Claw<\/a> (Silver Streak Comics 009, 1941)<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Devil’s Dagger: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mr H<\/a> (Master Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Domino the Miracle Boy: the Grim Circle<\/a> (Green Mask v1 001, 1940) <\/span><\/p>\n

Dynamic Man: <\/span>the Yellow Spot<\/a> (Dynamic Comics 001, 1941)
<\/span><\/p>\n

the Fiery Mask: the Zombie Master<\/a> (Daring Mystery Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fire-Man: <\/span>the Mad Scientist<\/a> (Liberty Scouts Comics 002, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Fox: <\/span>the Night Riders<\/a> (Blue Ribbon Comics 004, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Gladiator: <\/span>the Monster<\/a> (Fantastic Comics 023, 1941)<\/p>\n

the Green Mask: the Grim Circle<\/a> (Green Mask v1 001, 1940)<\/p>\n

Hale Battle: <\/span>the Black Dragon<\/a> (Silver Streak Comics 010, 1941)<\/p>\n

Hawkman: <\/span>Hath-Set\/Dr Hastor<\/a> (Flash Comics v1 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kalkor: <\/span>the Queen of Evil<\/a> (Fantastic Comics 022, 1941)<\/p>\n

Lance: <\/span>a Vampire<\/a> (Dynamic Comics 002, 1941)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Lieutenant Marvels: <\/span>the Vengeful Four<\/a> (Whiz Comics 021, 1941)<\/p>\n

Marga the Panther Woman: <\/span>von Dorf<\/a> (Science Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mystico: <\/span>Dr Slade<\/a> (Startling Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinky the Whiz Kid: <\/span>Mr Hyde<\/a> (Wow Comics 004, 1941)<\/p>\n

Smasher Spy: the Mask<\/a> (Whiz Comics 015, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

the Spirit: <\/span>Dr Cobra<\/a> (The Spirit, “The Origin of the Spirit”, 2 June 1940) <\/span><\/p>\n

the Target: Hammerfist<\/a> (Target Comics v1 011, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

the Tough Kid Squad: Dr Klutch<\/a> (Tough Kid Squad 001, 1942)<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncle Sam: <\/span>the Purple Shirts<\/a> (National Comics 001, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

the White Streak: <\/span>Dr Death<\/a> (Target Comics v1 008, 1940)<\/span><\/p>\n

Yank Adams: the Smiler<\/a> (Fight Comics 016, 1941)<\/p>\n

THE NAZI INVASION OF FRANCE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

the Red Death<\/a> (Spy Smasher 002, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n

THE NAZI INVASION OF NORWAY<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

the Red Death<\/a> (Spy Smasher 002, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n

THE NAZI INVASION OF POLAND<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

the Red Death<\/a> (Spy Smasher 002, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n

THE NAZI INVASION OF THE USSR<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

the Red Death<\/a> (Spy Smasher 002, 1941) <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOME THE EXPLOSION OF KRYPTON THE GUY BEHIND WWII the Black Dragon (Silver Streak Comics 010, 1941)  the Devil (Blue Ribbon Comics 019, 1941) the Dictator (Blue Ribbon Comics 013, 1941) Mars (National Comics 001, 1940) Wotan (National Comics 011, 1941) THE GUY WHO SHOT BATMAN’S PARENTS  Just Some Guy (Detective Comics 033, 1939) KILLED […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5007","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5008,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5007\/revisions\/5008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}