Break time...

Oh goodness, I'm burned out.

I set myself a goal to put up 26 stories, A-Z, during the month of February. That gave me 2 skip days in case I fell behind, which I used. I had no idea what a task it would be. And it was tasking.

So now Golden Age Heroes is going on a small hiatus. Probably about a month. Maybe less, maybe a little more.

But I'll be back.

Just need a bit of a rest...

ZANZIBAR smashes the opium ring!

Zanzibar the Magician appeared in every issue of MYSTERY MEN COMICS (#1-31, Aug 1939-Feb 1942). He also dropped by for appearances in GREEN MASK #2 (Fall 1940), REX DEXTER OF MARS #1 (Fall 1940), BLUE BEETLE #5 (Jan/Feb 1941) and THE FLAME #5-6 (Jun-Aug 1941).

Zanzibar was a magician. Not much different from Zatara, Zambini, Yardi, Marvo, etc...

4 pages. Beginning, middle, end. How many issues do you think this story would run if it were being written today? :-P

from
MYSTERY MEN COMICS #3 (October 1939)
story by ?; art by George Tuska
from Golden Age Comics Downloads

YANK and DOODLE vs the sinister Limping Man!

Yank and Doodle appeared in PRIZE COMICS #13-68 (Aug 1941-Feb/Mar 1948).

Twins Rick and Dick Walters weren't old enough to join the Army, so they decided to become superheroes. Apparently, they also had super-strength and invulnerability when they were near each other, but that doesn't seem to play much in this story.

I'm not sure which was which. Wikipedia says Rick was Yank and Dick was Doodle. International Hero says it was the other way around. Toonopedia and Public Domain Super Heroes don't even bother.

from
PRIZE COMICS #30 (April 1943)
story by ?; art by Maurice Gutwirth
cover by either Jack Binder or Dick Briefer

X of the UNDERGROUND!

Okay, so X isn't really a super-type hero, but you try finding a golden-age hero with an "x" in their name, let alone one that starts with an "x"!

X of the Underground traipsed around MILITARY COMICS #8-13 (Mar-Nov 1942). X was a resistance fighter opposing the Axis powers in Paris during World War II.

from
MILITARY COMICS #11 (August 1942)
story by ?; art by Lee Ames
from Golden Age Comics Downloads

The WOMAN IN RED: Restless at Resthaven!

The Woman in Red made 31 appearances in THRILLING COMICS, from her first appearance in #2 (Mar 1940) through #46 (Feb 1945). She also appeared in AMERICA'S BEST COMICS #1-2 (Feb-Sept 1942). Depending on what your criteria is for being a superhero, Woman in Red was arguably the first female superhero. Fantomah beat her by a month, but was not quite of the superhero mold.

Peggy Allen was a police officer who, like many others (including Dan Garret), used a mask and costume to battle crimes in ways that were a little outside the law.

Woman in Red was succeeded in 1946 by Miss Masque as Nedor/Better/Standard's token non-powered masked heroine.

Read more about The Woman in Red at Toonopedia.

from
THRILLING COMICS #20 (September 1941)
story by Richard Hughes?; art by George Mandel







That last line just cries out for a closing laugh track!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!