The Angel is a wandering vigilante, which in turn is a type of super-hero that generates very little new information for these update posts, given that they typically have very little in the way of a supporting cast or everyday life. Even so, we have a couple of Angel developments for 1940. First off, the Angel’s secret identity is revealed to be Tom Hallaway – though the accepted spelling is now Halloway – as a consequence of not wearing a…
Aliens are just like us if you think about it, man. Atlanteans: First things first: these are not actually Atlanteans, at least not yet. As far as I can tell, the word “Atlantis” is not employed in any Namor appearance from 1939-1941, and his people are collectively referred to as “Sub-Mariners” just like their prince. We are left with one of our signature Vexing Conundrums: just when do the Sub-Mariners become Atlanteans? Will we find out before we learn the…
Aliens are just like us if you think about it, man. Atlanteans: First things first: these are not actually Atlanteans, at least not yet. As far as I can tell, the word “Atlantis” is not employed in any Namor appearance from 1939-1941, and his people are collectively referred to as “Sub-Mariners” just like their prince. We are left with one of our signature Vexing Conundrums: just when do the Sub-Mariners become Atlanteans? Will we find out before we learn the…
He’s back and newly benevolent after a five-minute speech from Betty Dean, so what does he do now? Marvel Mystery Comics v1 005 sees Namor beg off of his eternal war on the surface (and the attitude that Emperor Thakorr gives off really implies that this was less of an Atlantean thing than a side project or Namor and his mother’s). He then heads off the New York City to offer his services to humanit, and is immediately swarmed and…
He’s back and newly benevolent after a five-minute speech from Betty Dean, so what does he do now? Marvel Mystery Comics v1 005 sees Namor beg off of his eternal war on the surface (and the attitude that Emperor Thakorr gives off really implies that this was less of an Atlantean thing than a side project or Namor and his mother’s). He then heads off the New York City to offer his services to humanit, and is immediately swarmed and…
Comics love to have media in them, and I love telling you about those media. Music: Though the radio debut Roger Midas and His Melodeers is a hopeful sign for the relationship between former absentee workaholic father and snob Harvey Midas and his progeny, one can’t help but be a little cynical about the sudden success of a rich man’s passion project. (Detective Comics v1 047, 1941) When I detailed the musical output of the Murder Maestro in the last…
(Marvel Mystery Comics 003, 1940) Though Namor started his comics journey as an outright villain, by his third appearance, the world was ready to see a softer side of him. This journey to redemption begins when the police notice just how horny he was in his last outing and assign NYPD officer Betty Dean to capture him. On her own with no backup, of course. Despite the fact that her boss is seemingly trying to commit murder by super-villain on…
(Marvel Mystery Comics 003, 1940) Though Namor started his comics journey as an outright villain, by his third appearance, the world was ready to see a softer side of him. This journey to redemption begins when the police notice just how horny he was in his last outing and assign NYPD officer Betty Dean to capture him. On her own with no backup, of course. Despite the fact that her boss is seemingly trying to commit murder by super-villain on…
Everyone likes a good monster now and then. Horned Cat: With every one of these round-ups I accrue more evidence that the Slightly Different Big Cat is one of the classic monster types, as seen here when Congo Jack is confronted with this horned green feline in the mystical Valley of Vango in the Congolese jungle. As a bonus, a few steps later he has to deal with another classic: the carnivorous plant, or in this case flesh-eating bush. (Lightning…
So just what did the Human Torch get up to in 1940? Well, in Marvel Mystery Comics v1 004 he makes the name Jim Hamond on the fly during a police stop and evidently likes it enough to adopt it as his full-time secret identity. Not sure when he adds the second ‘m’ to make it Hammond. Will report back when he does. In Marvel Mystery Comics v1 007 the Human Torch, as Jim Hamond, decides to become a police…