(Slam-Bang Comics 001-007, 1940)
Diamond Jack is pretty simple conceptually: he's a guy in a suit with a magic ring and he fights crime. He doesn't have much in the way of backstory or supporting cast - just your average Golden Age adventurer type.
He is canonically anti-Nazi, even though all of his appearances are from 1940, so that's a point in his favour. Mostly his stories are entertaining due to the number of wacky supernatural villains he battles. And as always I'm an advocate of BRINGING BACK magic item users as legacy heroes. A magic ring with a heroic history (and half a dozen pre-baked villains but virtually no other baggage) is a good starting point for a new hero, and Diamond Jack is even a completely gender-neutral name so they could be literally anyone!
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