Wednesday, May 11, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 008: THE HUMAN FLY

 (Detective Comics 009, 1937)


A very marginal entry on the list, but he really makes the concept of "guy who can climb" work as a masterful crime skill. Plus he's an early Slam Bradley foe, so more charming Siegel and Shuster fun as Slam demonstrates his early tendency to be amazing at all tasks by following him up the side of a building for a trademark fight.

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