(Military Comics 005-034, 1941-1944)
Not that Golden Age super-heroes didn't often kill their enemies, but the Sniper here is an example of a style of hero that had a brief niche to themselves in the 40s and then didn't really reemerge until the 70s - I am talking of course about heroes who deliberately hunt and kill their foes. Those foes are specifically Axis in the case of the Sniper and his colleagues the Marksman, the Americommando, etc.
Not that the Sniper's adventures are grim, Punisher-esque murder sprees. He has fun with his prey! Like a cat!
TRIVIA: the Sniper's first adventure is a flashback to 1940, published in 1941, and his second is a contemporary adventure published in 1942, so he has no recorded activity in 1941! Not very interesting, but true!
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