(More Fun Comics 071, 1941)
The Great Caesar is the antagonist of the first published Johnny Quick adventure (though not, of course, the first overall Johnny Quick adventure - as revealed in the last round of Generic Costumed Villains he had a several-year career before this). He's got the ever-popular array of circus of crime henchmen who he coerces to rob and kill at his pleasure. He also has the much dumber but just as popular "death as consequence of failure" policy which, while motivationally potent, is a staffing and HR nightmare in practise.
The Great Caesar is eventually unmasked and revealed to be Sam Leroy, the circus manager. Hooray for Johnny Quick!
More importantly, hooray for this marking one of the few actual uses of the term "rubberoid mask" in comics. I feel so validated!
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