#85YearsAgoToday #TheJester debuted in #QualityComics #SmashComics #22 when #rookieCop #ChuckLane discovers he’s a #directDescendant of a #MedievalCourtJester & decides to moonlight #fightingCrime as a #costumedAdventurer with a #maniacalManner of striking fear into the hearts of evildoers
#85YearsAgoToday #TheJester debuted in #QualityComics #SmashComics #22 when #rookieCop #ChuckLane discovers he’s a #directDescendant of a #MedievalCourtJester & decides to moonlight #fightingCrime as a #costumedAdventurer with a #maniacalManner of striking fear into the hearts of evildoers
#85YearsAgoToday #Midnight debuted in #QualityComics #SmashComics #18 #JackCole-created #backUp #justInCase #WillEisner’s #TheSpirit were to depart #thePublishingHouse introduces #BigCityRadioShowActor #DaveClark as #TheManCalledMidnight & #investigatingBuildersOfABuildingColapse as #aRealMysteryMan
A man wearing a tuxedo faints theatrically in a nightclub.
From the Chic Carter, Ace Reporter story in Smash Comics #1, August 1939. Vern Henkel script, pencils, & inks.
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#85YearsAgoToday #TheRay debuted in #QualityComics #SmashComics #14 #reporter #RayTerrill on #upperStratosphere #experimentalBalloonRide #struckByACosmicStorm & transforming him as a #beingOfLight #ableToEmitEnergyFromHisBody debuted @dc.com in 1973 on #EarthX with #TheFreedomFighters
#OnThisDay in 1940 #Midnight debuted in #SmashComics #18 #QualityComics #JackCole-created #backUp in case #WillEisner’s #TheSpirit were to depart #thePublishingHouse #BigCityRadioShowActor #DaveClark plays #TheManCalledMidnight & #investigatesBuildersOfABuildingColapse as #aReaLifelMysteryMan
#OnThisDay in 1940 #TheRay debuted in #QualityComics #SmashComics #14 #reporter #RayTerrill on #upperStratosphere #experimentalBalloonRide #struckByACosmicStorm transforms as #beingOfLight #ableToEmitEnergyFromHisBody debuted in 1973 @dcofficial.bsky.social along with #EarthX & #TheFreedomFighters
#OnThisDay in 1940 #Midnight debuted in #SmashComics #18 #QualityComics #JackCole-created #backUp if #WillEisner’s #TheSpirit were to depart #thePublishingHouse #BigCityRadioShowActor #DaveClark plays #TheManCalledMidnight & #investigatesBuildersOfABuildingColapse as #aRealMysteryMan