Thursday, June 9, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 033: THE ACE OF SPADES

(Action v1 013, 1939)


An early example of the principle that if you are friends with a comic book hero you have a high chance of either being the victim of a super-crook or being one yourself, the Ace of Spades is just some guy Tex Thomson made friends with on a ship and mooched houseguest status off of.

He's also a very local super-villain, being a guy with an English country estate who seems to spend his time shaking down his neighbours. Dig the accessorizing of the standard Mysterious Hooded Villain outfit with the pith helmet, though.

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