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| ===May, 1940=== | ===May, 1940=== |
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| * Jim "Bullet" Barr, orphaned son of Police Sgt. Pat Barr, completes his education in criminology and ballistics and attempts to follow in his father's footsteps by joining the Police Department, only to be turned down due to being too physically weak. He soon becomes a civilian laboratory criminologist at the Police Department instead of a police officer, then completes his invention of a Crime Serum or Crime-Cure. Using the Crime Serum on himself to destroy all germs and toxins in his body, Barr is transformed overnight into one of the strongest and smartest men on Earth. When a criminal named Rod Lonigan threatens to blow up City Hospital, Barr uses his enhanced mind to quickly invent a gravity-regulator helmet that enables him to fly swiftly, then dons a costume to become Bulletman in order to capture Lonigan. Jim Barr's girlfriend is Susan Kent, daughter of Police Sgt. Kent. ["Introducing Bulletman," Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940)] | * Jim "Bullet" Barr, orphaned son of Police Sgt. Pat Barr, completes his education in criminology and ballistics and attempts to follow in his father's footsteps by joining the Police Department, only to be turned down due to being too physically weak. He soon becomes a civilian laboratory criminologist at the Police Department instead of a police officer, then completes his invention of a Crime Serum or Crime-Cure. Using the Crime Serum on himself to destroy all germs and toxins in his body, Barr is transformed overnight into one of the strongest and smartest men on Earth. When a criminal named Rod Lonigan threatens to blow up City Hospital, Barr uses his enhanced mind to quickly invent a gravity-regulator helmet that enables him to fly swiftly, then dons a costume to become Bulletman in order to capture Lonigan. Soon after Bulletman encounters his first super-criminal foe, Blackmask, whose gang has kidnapped several policemen. Jim Barr's girlfriend is Susan Kent, daughter of Police Sgt. Kent. ["Introducing Bulletman," Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940)] |
| * Bill Dale, now 22 years old, returns to the jungles of Africa to find his long-lost twin brother Steve, having heard rumors about a white jungle god called Sti-Vah with an identical scar on his chest. Accompanied by his faithful pygmy guide Dagoo, Bill travels deep into the jungle to discover a land of giants populated by huge animals and 12-foot-tall Africans who worship Sti-Vah, who is indeed Steve Dale. Although Steve doesn't remember his previous life and sentences Bill and Dagoo to death, he later relents after Bill saves his life when he is shot by Arab slave-traders. Eventually, Bill is able to explain the whole story to Steve and even manages to convince him to visit New York City with him. [Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #2 (May 31, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #3 (June 14, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #4 (June 28, 1940)] | * Bill Dale, now 22 years old, returns to the jungles of Africa to find his long-lost twin brother Steve, having heard rumors about a white jungle god called Sti-Vah with an identical scar on his chest. Accompanied by his faithful pygmy guide Dagoo, Bill travels deep into the jungle to discover a land of giants populated by huge animals and 12-foot-tall Africans who worship Sti-Vah, who is indeed Steve Dale. Although Steve doesn't remember his previous life and sentences Bill and Dagoo to death, he later relents after Bill saves his life when he is shot by Arab slave-traders. Eventually, Bill is able to explain the whole story to Steve and even manages to convince him to visit New York City with him. [Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #2 (May 31, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #3 (June 14, 1940); Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #4 (June 28, 1940)] |
| * The Red Gaucho, born in South America of Yankee parents, has first public case. [Nickel #1] | * The Red Gaucho, born in South America of Yankee parents, has first public case. [Nickel #1] |