Tuesday, August 1, 2023

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 321: THE BLACK ACE

(Daring Mystery Comics 006, 1940)


The costumed fighter pilot might just be one of the most basic levels of super-villain. Here we have the Black Ace, Nazi and foe of the Flying Flame. He has a tower with an anti-aircraft vibrational cannon in it and a plane with a skull and crossbones on it. He gets shot down at the end of the story. FIN

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