In Superman #36 (June 1945), we see the first truly ridiculous “super-feat” that Superman performs. Criminals surprise Clark Kent and “kill” him by gassing him and dumping him in a river. When he finishes playing dead, Clark is surprised to find an imposter has taken his place and then proceeds to foil the criminals plans […]
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Green Lantern joins Wonder Woman (who went to Mars and Venus) in the ranks of DC’s space-traveling superheroes in Green Lantern #16 (June 1945). Superheroes traveling to other planets became a common trope in the 1950s, but this is the first time we see Green Lantern leaving the Earth’s atmosphere and taking a quick trip […]
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The Flash experiments a little more with time travel in Comic Cavalcade #11 (May 1945). This time, seeking a vacation, he travels back to the time of Robin Hood and accidentally becomes the Will Scarlet character of those stories. I’m taking a couple days off for Christmas – be back Thursday!
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The fledgling character Superboy makes his first appearance on the cover of More Fun Comics #104 (May 1945). In promoting him to the front cover, DC must have realized he was going to be a hit character, but he is little more than a bland 10-year old version of Superman with no supporting cast at […]
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No, not that King Shark. The Green Lantern story in All-American Comics #67 (May 1945) featured a gangster on death row named “King Shark” that wants to attone for his crimes.
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In Flash Comics #65 (April 1945), scientist Hartford Jackson creates a Thinking Cap – basically a colander with wires – which can unlock the unused potential in a human brain to perform acts of telekenesis and more. Of course, Tricky O’Rickey, some gangster criminal type, gets ahold of it and plagues the Golden Age Flash […]
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Throughout the eighty-plus years that Superman has been around, Lois Lane has discovered Clark’s secret identity probably dozens of times. But in Superman #34 (March 1945), Lois discovers his secret for the very first time. In what can maybe be considered the first “imaginary” story, Clark sees his future in a crystal ball and learns […]
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In February 1945, Comic Cavalcade #10 reprinted “Tomorrow, the World”, a 17-page story based on the 1944 movie of the same name, which, in turn, was based on the 1943 Broadway play of the same name. It’s a pretty powerful story of a Nazi-influenced Germany boy coming to live in America with his uncle and […]
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In All-Star Comics #24 (February 1945), Wildcat and Mr. Terrific are called in on a case and join the Justice Society of America. Honorary members The Flash and Green Lantern show up to hear about the case. The story is more World War 2 propaganda told through the re-education of a recently drafted young American […]
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Superman uses his super-speed to become move so fast that he becomes invisible to a normal human for the first time in Action Comics #83 (February 1945). The Flash was doing that five years ago!
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