NOTES: DECEMBER 2022

(Detective Comics v1 058, 1941)

 

Comic book character of the year Claudia Carol, folks.

Names: (Doc Savage Comics v1 003, 1941)

Bit of nominative determinism going on. The protagonist of this piece is Brad Marshall:

Marshal Brad Marshall:

Crook name of Bat Crawley (Feature Comics 040, 1941)

I'm only mostly certain, but I think that "Fasdick" here might be subbing in for "fascist". The government in question does bear all the hallmarks of being a stand-in for one of the Axis powers, but it's a wild stretch, even so. (Feature Comics 040, 1941)

GENERIC COSTUMED VILLAIN ROUND-UP 003

Yet another collection of also-rans and never-weres.

Philip White here got exactly one panel into his career as a masked spy chief before Madam Fatal unmasked him. (Crack Comics 014, 1941) 

An auctioneer named Basil ran an overly complicated scheme to steal the fabled Five Bloodstones of Mu. His plans were also undone by Madam Fatal and ended in his grisly demise. (Crack Comics 016, 1941)

This unnamed thief almost got away with the Dare Diamond under the very nose of detective Larry Steele. (Detective Comics v1 049, 1941)

A baseball pitcher named Howard got up to some shady betting schemes and ended up a generic costumed villain. Let this be a lesson, kids. Also part of his big plan involved shooting himself in the arm with a gimmicked up baseball mitt-gun, which is an early sign that you might not be cut out for costumed villainy. (Detective Comics v1 052, 1941)