Thursday, February 27, 2020

Bring on the Bad Guys: Henkle

Real name: Henkle
First appearance: All-American#35 (February 1942)
Abilities: Gang boss
Worst act: Murder
Created by: Bill Finger (script), Irwin Hasen (art)

The biggest thing in this issue isn't the corrupt union boss Henkle, but rather this is the issue when Doiby finds out that Green Lantern is Alan Scott.

Doiby does most of the heavy lifting here when he finds the murdered body of Nealy, a construction worker who was striking against his boss Henkle. GL goes after them, but gets knocked out and captured. Doiby finds the mask and uses it to track down GL. When he rescues him, he finds out that Green Lantern is really Alan Scott.

"I have no idea who that is"

Which makes sense. Unlike Batman or even Superman, Alan Scott isn't a public figure. Why would Doiby know who he is?

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