Pre-War Pt. 3

Robotman

For years, Dr. Robert Crane and his assistant, Chuck Grayson, worked to perfect a mechanical robot. When Crane was shot during a robbery and lay dying, Grayson successfully performed an operation to put his brain into the skull of the robot.

Grayson had been accused of killing Crane and was arrested. Crane fashioned a false face and false hands to disguise the fact that he was a robot and used the name Paul Dennis to prove Grayson innocent. 

T.N.T. & Dan the Dyna-Mite

During an accident while working with radioactive salts, high school chemistry teacher Thomas N. “Tex” Thomas and student Danny Dunbar were charged with atomic energy.

The pair became costumed crimefighters and called themselves, “TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite.”

Scarab

One day, Louis Sendak’s father, a treasure hunter and wizard brought home a magical portal called, “the Green Door.”

Spying on his father from the cypress tree outside his window, Louis watched him make constant journeys through the door, returning with exotic gifts from faraway lands… 

In 1941, led by his dreams, Louis found the scarabaeus hidden in a brown cardboard box…

As the Scarab, Louis fought the supernatural, sometimes with the likes of Dr. Fate and Sargon the Sorcerer.

Mr. Terrific

A famous person at the age of 10, Terry Sloane, already known as a child marvel because of his genius at everything he touches, achieved a new triumph – the designing of a better and faster seaplane!

After only one year at college, Terry earned an honorary degree. Then, he became a success in business. However easy success was, though, Terry was bored with life. 

Suppose everything in life came too easily for you – success, wealth and the admiration of others – do you think you’d be happy? No! We enjoy only the things we strive for and achieve after great struggle!

Contemplating suicide, Terry instead rescued a woman, Wanda Wilson, from drowning. Wanda was in despair because her younger brother had become a hoodlum. Louis donned a costume and ran the mob leader out of town…

Having discovered a new purpose, he continued to fight crime as “Mr. Terrific,” the “defender of fair play.”


All-Star Squadron #63
Nov. 1986 (Aug. 21, 1986)
$0.75

“The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman”
23 pages

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Michael Bair
Inker: Mike Machlan
Editor: Roy Thomas

Scarab #1
Nov. 1993 (Oct. 12, 1993)
$1.95

“All Roads Lead to the Minotaur”
25 pages

Writer: John Smith
Penciller: Scot Eaton
Inker: Michael Barreiro
Editor: Stuart Moore

Sensation Comics #1
Jan. 1942 (Nov. 7, 1941)
$0.10

(Who is Mr. Terrific?)
8 pages

Writer: Charles Reizenstein
Artist: Harold Wilson Sharp
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines


Star Spangled Comics #7
April 1942 (Feb. 4, 1942)
$0.10

(The Birth of Robotman)
13 pages

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Leo Nowak
Artist: Paul Cassidy
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Star Spangled Comics #7
April 1942 (Feb. 4, 1942)
$0.10

“Dyna-Mighty Action”
6 pages

Artist: Paul Norris
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth