Real name: Edgar Eggwell, Jr.
First appearance: All-Star Comics#3 (Winter 1940)
Abilities: Being a jerk
Worst act: Attempted kidnapping
Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Sheldon Mayer (pencils)
This time, gatecrasher Johnny Thunder decides to interject and spin his own tale. In case you came in late, the wraparound story is the JSA sitting around a hotel room and telling stories.
Johnny happens by his gal pal Daisy Darling's abode and find her necking with a new beau. Johnny wishes the fellow had some poison ivy and his magic thunderbolt obliges. Daisy kicks them both out.
Dateless and flat broke as usual, Johnny stumbles across a kidnapping and manages to save the victim, Theresa, and she wants to give him anything he wants. He wants a hundred bucks a week and job. She agrees and makes him her bodyguard. Daisy happens by and sees another woman with her man, so she promptly dumps him.
The kidnapper is still out there, and yup, it turns out the whole kidnapping scheme was the invention of Edgar, Daisy's new boyfriend! Can Johnny figure it out in time?
Decent. Fast and we see the usual comedy relief character handling himself pretty well.
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