{"id":934,"date":"2026-03-20T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:58:39","slug":"catalogue-of-wounds-006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 006"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why of why do they keep on hurting our boys<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Meteor<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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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)<\/p>\n

Electro<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Professor Zog, the brains behind Electro, is shot in the left arm. (Marvel Mystery Comics 016, 1941)<\/p>\n

the Sandman<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Sandman has a very rough 1940, starting with a shot to the right shoulder… (Adventure Comics 047, 1940)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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… then a shot to the left shoulder… (Adventure Comics 050, 1940) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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… a second shot to the right shoulder… (Adventure Comics 055, 1940)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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… and the for symmetry’s sake, a second wound to the left shoulder (All-Star Comics 001, 1940)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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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<\/a> and his killer radium ball. (All-Star Comics 002, 1940)<\/p>\n

Sargon the Sorcerer<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Sargon the Sorcerer, shot in the left shoulder while trying to do his damn job. (All-American Comics 032, 1941) <\/p>\n

Zatara<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Zatara is shot in the right arm while hanging around a lost city of ape-men. (Action Comics 027, 1940) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Then he is shot in the left shoulder by an uncommonly fast-on-the-draw crook. (Action Comics 038, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Zatara shot in the left shoulder again<\/i> thanks to the fact that he overlooks a crook when making himself hypnotically invisible. (Action Comics 040, 1941)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,643,139,24,426,539,1001,7,214,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","category-14","category-electro","category-lev-gleason","category-marvel-comics","category-meteor","category-sandman","category-sargon-the-sorcerer","category-the","category-wound-man","category-zatara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}