Monday, August 18, 2008

The Secret Origin of NEON THE UNKNOWN!

UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #5 (March 2008) featured the long-neglected return of the 1940s great (?): NEON THE UNKNOWN!!! Although he was re-imagined. He looked very different than he did back in the day:
In UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #6 (April 2008) they retold his secret origin.
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; Art by Renato Arlem.



Now let's take a look back at Neon's original secret origin, along with his first appearance, from HIT COMICS #1 (October 1940). Unfortunately, it's scanned from microfiche, but you take what you can get!
Written by S. M. Iger; Art by Alex Blum.



They actually remained pretty true. Although they did take the liberty of adding scantily-clad wimmenz into the mix. And left out the scantily-clad savages.

You can download HIT COMICS #1
and lots of other awesome golden-age goodness from
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Posted by Tony Z™ at 9:23 AM
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3 comments:

  1. StrannikJanuary 8, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    And left out the scantily-clad savages.

    Probably because that part... I wouldn't call it "racist" per se, but boy did it have unfortunate implications.

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  2. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Lmao impications? Like, what? That Neon was gay? So what if he was, Hooded Justice from Watchmen was gay and he's the effin' man! He wooped The Comedian's raping ass!

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  3. Backpack BenJuly 14, 2024 at 7:34 AM

    Interesting read thanks for sharing

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