Bring on the Bad Guys: Magico

Real name: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#5 (June-July 1941)

Abilities: Slight of hand

Worst act: Attempted murder, theft 

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Howard Sherman (pencils)

Magico is the fourth agent. His mission? Take out Dr. Fate

Well, he ain't lacking for confidence, is he?

The whole thing gets kicked off when Inza, Dr. Fate's girlfriend, hears of a magician robbing rich old women. Magico is really more of the bait, as he lures Dr. Fate into a trap. Inza is the one who gets shot however but the doctor is in so she's ok!

Dr. Fate then proceeds to mystically kidnap the faker and drag him to pretty much Hell until the man reforms on the spot. 

Ok but it feels like a rehash of the Hawkman chapter from yesterday. 

Bring on the Bad Guys: Wing Norris

Real name: Wing Norris

First appearance: All-Star Comics#5 (June-July 1941)

Abilities: Shooting guns

Worst act: Attempted murder, breaking and entering

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Sheldon Moldoff (pencils)

Wing Norris and his gang are the third agents. Their mission? Kill Hawkman

A bit weak. Norris and his gang put out a rumor that a certain jewelry store is going to be robbed. Evidently they hope Hawkman will somehow hear about it and rush to investigate, at which point they will shoot him as he doesn't wear a shirt. 

Pity he was working on a spare suit which he gives to his girlfriend Shiera in an effort to fool the gang. She puts it on (doesn't call herself Hawkgirl just yet) and rushes to the scene-where she is promptly shot. Hawkman then proceeds to beat seven shades of Hell out of the entire gang. 

Yeah, even as filler this was a bit low stakes. Shiera gets shot but she's more or less over it and this incident wouldn't even get mentioned in future issues. 

Bring on the Bad Guys: The Kidnapper's Union

Real names: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#5 (June-July 1941)

Abilities: Kidnapping

Worst act: Kidnapping 

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Cliff Young (pencils)

The Kidnapper's Union are the second agents. Their mission? Kidnap the Sandman.

They actually kick the whole fight by kidnapping the Sandman's main squeeze Dian Belmont but the Sandman and Dian actually work out to utterly wreck the group and make them regret their life and career choice. 

A bit silly but the name Union does suggest some really weird trade union. Like are there dues? A shop steward? T-shirts?

Bring on the Bad Guys: The Flame Farmer

 Real name: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#5 (June-July 1941)

Abilities: Arson

Worst act: Arson, attempted murder

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Hal Sharp (pencils)

The Flame Farmer is the first agent. His mission? Kill the Flash. Easier said than done, especially since his whole strategy is just setting apartments on fire and hoping he gets lucky. 

Yeah, I think the World's Fastest Man can handle a run of the firebug. 

Bring on the Bad Guys: Mr. X

Real name: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#5 (June-July 1941)

Abilities: Rackets

Worst act: Racketeering, attempted murder

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), E.E. Hibbard (pencils)

New issue and like the previous, the entire thing is an anthology. This time the theme is Mr. X, a racketeer who plans to destroy the JSA by luring them away and sending a specially selected agent to do them in. He technically appears in every story but his only active role is in the first story and the last.

Name aside, he's a bit bland. Not horrible but honestly generic even by the standards of the 1940s. 

Bring on the Bad Guys: Mogi the Magnificent

 Real name: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#4 (March-April 1941)

Abilities: Slight of hand 

Worst act: Theft

Created by: Evelyn Gaines (script), Sheldon Mayer (pencils)

Johnny Thunder takes over for a short story. There's been a rash of robberies in the area. Johnny and his gal pal Daisy stop to get her fortune told and Johnny quickly denounces the man as a fake but thankfully he's proven right. 

Not much to do with the rest of the issue but a nice distraction. 

Bring on the Bad Guys: Grey Shirts

 Real names: Unrevealed 

First appearance: All-Star Comics#4 (March-April 1941)

Abilities: Intimidation 

Worst act: Being a Nazi, sabotage 

Created by: Gardner Fox (script), Chad Grothkopf (pencils)

The Sandman is on the case and the case leads him to El Paso. Seems the local branch of the Gray Shirts have been intimidating the local newspaper. 

The Sandman manages to stop them, not as the Sandman but rather as his alter-ego Wesley Dodds. He manages to take most of the group down with a speech, so convinces them to fight the rest of their fellows. 

Bit of a twist with the speech, but I suppose you can't convince that many people with just a gas gun. 

The last three chapters of this issue all focus on the Gray Shirts, with Fritz finally being fully stopped in the last chapter.