Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Bring on the Bad Guys: Joe Donly

Real name: Joe Donley

First appearance: Flash Comics#14 (February 1941)

Abilities: Sabotage of rivals    

Worst act: Attempted murder 

Quote: "I keep an acid vat downstairs to dissolve the bodies of people I kill...it leaves no clue for the police..."

Created by: Gardner Fox (script) and Everett E. Hibbard (art)  


This one opens with Jay Garrick walking by a construction project when the tunnel collapses. Jay rushes in and saves the workers and Joan (who's covering the project for work). After saving everyone, Jay changes into the Flash and investigates. The owner of the company is cleared and the culprit is the man's rival, Joe Donley, who's trying to sabotage the owner's mayoral run. 

After that a pretty much standard Flash by this point and Joe gets exposed and arrested.  

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