We regret to inform you that more super-heroes have been wounded.
the Blue Beetle:
The very first thing that happens in the very first Blue Beetle comic: Dan "the Blue Beetle" Garret gets shot in the left arm. (Mystery Men Comics 001, 1939)
Domino the Miracle Boy:
It's a miracle (a boy miracle?) that Domino survives 1941, because he gets hit by a dang car. (Green Mask v1 006, 1941)
Not two issues later, Domino gets shot in the ever-popular left shoulder (Green Mask v1 008, 1941)
the Green Mask:
I've been going through some old Fox Features comics for head traumas at the same time as reading The Green Mask v1 for the first time, which means that I've hit a real rich seam of injuries to the Green Mask in particular. Let's review:
The Green Mask gets shot in an unspecified place while swinging across a gorge and seemingly falls to his doom. Don't worry though: he's okay. (Green Mask v1 004, 1941)
The Green Mask continues this trend of getting shot in an indeterminate location from close range in his next appearance, first at the hands of freelance spy Dr Tsu...
And then by fascist spy chief Kurt Ebler. Despite Ebler's assertion that the Green Mask is not bulletproof, I am beginning to suspect that he is at the very least bullet resistant. (Green Mask v1 005, 1941)
Stepping back a bit: the Green Mask gets stabbed in the left shoulder. (Mystery Men Comics 013, 1940)
One issue later: shot in the left shoulder. (Mystery Men Comics 014, 1941)
Lest he be accused of neglecting the classics, the Green Mask sustains a textbook skull crease late in 1941. (Mystery Men Comics 022, 1941)
And finally: the Green Mask's left shoulder is "grazed by a bullet" hard enough to knock him off a car. (Green Mask v1 007, 1941)
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