CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 006

Why of why do they keep on hurting our boys?

Meteor:

Silver Streak's partner Meteor is shot in the back by a Nazi, but it's okay: the bullet only "nicked" his back. (Silver Streak Comics 016, 1941)

Electro:

Professor Zog, the brains behind Electro, is shot in the left arm. (Marvel Mystery Comics 016, 1941)

the Sandman:

The Sandman has a very rough 1940, starting with a shot to the right shoulder... (Adventure Comics 047, 1940)

... then a shot to the left shoulder... (Adventure Comics 050, 1940) 

... a second shot to the right shoulder... (Adventure Comics 055, 1940)

... and the for symmetry's sake, a second wound to the left shoulder (All-Star Comics 001, 1940)

To add insult to injury, he has to have gotten at least a little radiation poisoning during his repeated encounters with the Yellow-Faced Terror and his killer radium ball. (All-Star Comics 002, 1940)

Sargon the Sorcerer:

Sargon the Sorcerer, shot in the left shoulder while trying to do his damn job. (All-American Comics 032, 1941) 

Zatara:

Zatara is shot in the right arm while hanging around a lost city of ape-men. (Action Comics 027, 1940) 

Then he is shot in the left shoulder by an uncommonly fast-on-the-draw crook. (Action Comics 038, 1941)

Zatara shot in the left shoulder again thanks to the fact that he overlooks a crook when making himself hypnotically invisible. (Action Comics 040, 1941)