Tuesday, March 24, 2026

CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 007

The right shoulder: unsung victim of the comics pages. 

Captain Battle


Captain Battle gets a fashionable bullet-creased skull on the docks of San Francisco. (Captain Battle Comics 001, 1941) 

the Cloak:


Being shot in the left shoulder is the inciting incident that leads Jeff Cardiff to adopt the Cloak identity in the first place. (Big Shot Comics 015, 1941)

the Face:


Shot in the right shoulder (Big Shot Comics 011, 1941)



Shot in the right shoulder again. (Big Shot Comics 018, 1941)


Shot in the left shoulder, which must have come as a relief. (Big Shot Comics 019, 1941)

the Fox:



Shot in the right shoulder. (Blue Ribbon Comics 012, 1941)

Kaänga

Shot in the right shoulder. (Jungle Comics 003, 1940)

Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians:



Shot in the right arm. (Big Shot Comics 012, 1941)



In what is probably the most sever non-fatal injury we have seen thus far, Marvelo takes an ape-powered throwing knife to the chest and is just barely alive for the remainder of the comic. (Big Shot Comics 016, 1941)

Skyman:

Skyman is shot in the ever-popular right shoulder, and no wonder: it's a big ol' target. (Big Shot Comics 002, 1940)

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CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 007

The right shoulder: unsung victim of the comics pages.  Captain Battle :  Captain Battle gets a fashionable bullet-creased skull on the doc...