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| ===September, 1941=== | ===September, 1941=== |
| * The adventures of Keen Arrow are first published by Kolossal Komics. //Note: Keen Arrow is a fictional character who predated the real Earth-1 Green Arrow's first appearance by over 30 years, but whose adventures eerily paralleled those of the Earth-2 Green Arrow, who became active at this time on Earth-2 and whose first appearance was in More Fun Comics #73 (cover dated November, 1941). Kolossal Komics also published the adventures of the Sunburned Kid and Showerman, who may or may not have been based on Earth-2 characters the Vigilante and Aquaman, whose counterparts appeared years later on Earth-1.// ["Who Rubbed Out the Editor?" Detective Comics #70 (December, 1942)] | * The adventures of Keen Arrow are first published by Kolossal Komics. //Note: Keen Arrow is a fictional character who predated the real Earth-1 Green Arrow's first appearance by over 30 years, but whose adventures eerily paralleled those of the Earth-2 Green Arrow, who became active at this time on Earth-2 and whose first appearance was in More Fun Comics #73 (cover dated November, 1941). Kolossal Komics also published the adventures of the Sunburned Kid and Showerman, who may or may not have been based on Earth-2 characters the Vigilante and Aquaman, whose counterparts appeared years later on Earth-1.// ["Who Rubbed Out the Editor?" Detective Comics #70 (December, 1942)] |
| | ===October, 1941=== |
| | * Wayne Clifford leaves North Africa for Russia to report on the Eastern Front, but the British supply ship he travels on is attacked by a German U-boat, and it nearly sinks until a Russian ship arrives to tow them to the nearest port. ["Mother Russia," Men of War #21 (October, 1979)] |
| ===December, 1941=== | ===December, 1941=== |
| * December 7: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States entering World War II. | * December 7: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States entering World War II. |
| * With the U.S. officially in the war, Richard "Buck" Dare retires as Captain X in order to act as a spy behind enemy lines, code named Aviator. ["Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] | * Reporter Wayne Clifford is recalled home against his wishes by his newspaper publisher. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, Clifford hopes to become a war correspondent again by writing an accurate account of it, only to come up against U.S. government censorship on the attack. Reunited with fellow reporter Ed Barnes, he learns that Barnes' son was killed at Pearl Harbor. ["The Yanks Are Comin'!" Unknown Soldier #243 (September, 1980)] |
| | * With the U.S. officially in the war, Richard "Buck" Dare officially retires as Captain X in order to act as a spy behind enemy lines, code named Aviator. ["Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] |
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