Real name: Barton
First appearance: All-American Comics#27 (June 1941)
Abilities: Saboteur
Worst act: Attempted sabotage, kidnapping
Created by: Bill Finger (script), Sheldon Moldoff (pencils), and Irwin Hasen (inks)
The villain of this piece is pretty much secondary to the character introduced in this issue, namely Doiby Dickles. Doiby would become the Green Lantern's sidekick, which was odd as most sidekicks at the time tended to be youths. Doiby was a cranky old man with a wrench.
Barton, getting back to the theme, was a saboteur. Hearing that Irene Miller has a new type of radio, Barton sets it to mind to steal it. Doiby gets dragged into it when Irene takes his cab and Barton tries to take the cab.
Doiby even gets more screen time when GL gets knocked out, forcing the old fella to don his own version of the Green Lantern uniform. He doesn't use a magic ring. Nope, he beats the tar out of Barton's hoods with a wrench.
No comments:
Post a Comment