He learned the various skills of the gauchos (cowboys) as well as the legends of El Gaucho, a 19th Century hero and patriot. American college student Don Caldwell spent several years in Buenos Aires, Argentina studying.
Lank had what seems to be 4 appearances total yet at 3 different companies.Īmerican Avenger: 1942, USA Comics #5. American Ace himself would also appear in Marvel Comics #2 and 3 before getting the name change and moving to Centaur. In addition to this failed experiment, they were hired to produce strips for Marvel Comics #1 which would have an expanded version of Namor's story in Marvel Comics #1. Thus, that particular book also had the first appearance of Namor, the Sub-Mariner. What's really unusual is the publisher of that book was Funnies, Inc, a company formed by several of the Centaur staff including Will Everett and Carl Burgos. Note: Of special interest, this character was called American Ace appearing in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly (1939) which was printed but never published as a give-away. Perry Webb is the American Ace, an American adventurer and ace pilot that gets involved in a war between two small European countries: Attania and Castile d'Or. Note: This seems like such a natural, don't know why it took so long for Timely to copy the JSA, nor why it didn't last beyond the two issues, other than superheroes were on the wane by this point.Īmerican Ace: 1939, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly (Funnies, Inc). In their two appearances as a team, the face off against Isbisa and his crimes centered around the Ages of man and then against the murderous team of Madame Death and the time-travelling Future Man. The All-Winners Squad is made up of Captain America and Bucky, the Human Torch and Toro, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Miss America and the Whizzer. This page? This page features the heroes of the company known as Timely, Atlas, and other names but is generally recognized as Marvel today.Īll-Winners Squad: 1946, All-Winners Squad #19. Wonderful site on characters and history of comic books,įor additions, corrections, questions, email me! A site dedicated to the Marvel Family, has entries and
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