In Batman #25 (August 1944), the Joker and the Penguin team up for the first time to try and foil Batman and Robin. By this time, Batman definitely had the most interesting rogues gallery of villains, so this team-up must have been pretty interesting to see!
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William Moulton Marston continues to put Wonder Woman in new submissive positions and bondage scenarios – this time being strip-searched by a police matron in Sensation Comics #34 (August 1944).
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Yellowjacket makes his debut in Yellowjacket Comics #1 (July 1944), the first comic book from The Frank Comunale Publishing Company. This company would eventually become Charlton Comics. Charlton Comics were later known for their stable of Silver Age superheroes like Captain Atom, The Question, Peacemaker, Nightshade as well as the Ted Kord version of the […]
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I’d be upset too, Pat! Star Spangled Comics #36 (July 1944) shows that Pat Dugan (Stripesy, of The Star Spangled Kid fame) is balding in the weirdest way – little chunk of red curls on front and bald everywhere else. Only in the comic books, kids!
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Wonder Woman masquerades as herself and finds herself dancing with a fake Superman while other fake Justice Society members rock out with Etta Candy and her girls. I like how each costume is a fake, but not an obvious one (Flash’s lightning bolt goes the other way!).
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Mr. Mxyztplk makes his first appearance in Superman #30 (June 1944). In it, the mischievous court jester from another dimensions tortures Superman with his magical powers until Superman tricks him into saying his name backwards. The writers even encouraged the readers to write in if they want to see the character again.
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Throughout 1944, Timely Comics (Marvel) featured increasingly vicious covers as its heroes were shown battling Nazis and Japanese soldiers in surprisingly violent ways. Here, Captain America is shown simultaneously punching, kicking and shooting three different Japanese soldiers, while Bucky Barnes uses a flamethrower on another in an effort to prevent a bridge from being blown […]
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Joining Lois Lane and Alfred the Butler, Etta Candy makes her solo feature debut in Cavalcade Comics #7 (June 1944). Her three-page story features her joining a dude ranch capturing a cattle rustler.
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Giganta makes her debut in Wonder Woman #9 (May 1944), as a female ape that had been evolved through “hyperatomic energy” to a giant aggressive woman. In this story, she has no other powers except for being tall and strong and a bit of a jerk.
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A rich tycoon of crime (Mr. Blob) tries every means at his disposal to kill the Man of Steel in Superman Comics #29 (May 1944). What I found interesting is that while searching for Superman’s “Achilles Heel”, the villain comes across the only time Superman was ever threatened: that time Superman’s was affected by colliding […]
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