Sunday, January 14, 2024

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 423: THE HAWK

(Keen Detective Funnies v2 008, 1939)

There's no bones about it: the Hawk looks like a guy who has a pretty extensive model train setup down in the basement. And he may just! But he's also a master thief who stashes his loot inside an active Mexican volcano. But the volcano has a tram running up the side, so perhaps his inner train enthusiast is expressing itself in different ways.

As always: you live by the volcano lair; you die by the volcano lair.

Much more interesting than the Hawk is his foe, the Masked Marvel, a mysterious man with generic mental powers (sense the presence of evil, eg) and enhanced physical traits (walk unshielded into an active volcano; hold a steel cable at sufficient tension that an airplane can land, etc), as well as a surprisingly useful ability to project a red shadow. There's just something about this grim dude with a receding hairline, unremarkable costume and three shlubby assistants that really speaks to me. Lucky for me he's one of Centaur's longer-running features, hey?

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