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Charley Hall

**Charley Hall** was an American man in Earth-Two, married to Dora Hall. Charley and Dora were coerced by Charley's friend Dudley Jones to participate in his counterfeiting operation. When Dora moved to get out of it with Charley, Jones had them both killed. He then further coerced Dora's sister Nora Luftus to get involved. The Sandman, secretly a friend of both Hall and Jones, put a stop to Jones's operation, leading to Jones's accidental suicide.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #46a: "The Sandman Meets with Murder." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Whitney, Ogden (art).
Vin Ellsworth

**Vin Ellsworth** is an American police captain in Earth-Two who frequently works alongside Doctor Occult. Ellsworth is very headstrong, regularly opting to use his gun in situations when the more calculating Occult advises otherwise.

## References

1. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #28b: "Vampire Venom." (January 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Emil Norvell

**Emil Norvell** is an American man and former weapons manufacturer in Earth-Two. In 1938, through his lobbyist Alex Greer, he was offering kickbacks to congressmen in exchange for supporting legislation that would drag the United States into war in Europe. Senator Barrows was one such beneficiary. Superman caught wind of Greer's immoral lobbying, and followed the trail to Norvell. Superman had other commitments to attend to in the wartorn South American country of San Monte, and took Norvell along with him there and enlisted both of them in the country's army. He taught Norvell the value of human life, and allowed him to return home unscathed if he vowed to swear off the munitions industry, which Norvell did readily.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #1a: "Superman, Champion of the Oppressed!" (June 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
2. ↑ *Action Comics* #2a: "Revolution in San Monte." (July 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Boravia

**Boravia** is a country in Earth-Two. In 1939, it was embroiled in a civil war, as the leaders of the loyalist and rebel factions could not agree on terms. Superman put an end to the war, using his immense might to frighten the leaders into uniting. Boravia's exact location is unknown, except that it is a few hours away from Metropolis by plane.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #2b: "Superman Champions Universal Peace!" (Fall 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (p), Cassidy, Paul (i).
Mortimer Snoop

**Mortimer Snoop** is an American small-time detective in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1939, he learned of a $5,000 police reward for capturing the mighty Superman, and set out to claim it. The reward had been set by Detective Captain Reilly, an investigator from Chicago hired explicitly for the task because of his impeccable record. Reilly had set the reward as a ploy to get easy information, intending to claim the reward himself. As a result, the two frequently got in each other's way, and eventually Snoop got fed up with Reilly and allowed Superman to slip from his grasp, forcing Reilly to return to Chicago in shame.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #9a: "Wanted: Superman." (February 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
George Grayson

**George Grayson** was a hotel owner in Atlantic City in Earth-One. After a series of drownings in 1937, Grayson began to suspect foul play, and contacted detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan. By the time they arrived, Grayson had been pulled down into the water off of the beach near his hotel and drowned himself. The perpetrator was a former employee who had been fired for stealing from the hotel, and who had begun to enact his revenge by attempting to drive down business with a series of drownings. Slam and Shorty tracked down the killer and indirectly caused him to drown himself.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #7a: "Slam Bradley in Atlantic City." (September 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Batgyro

The **Batgyro**, also called the **Batplane**, is a one-man, bat-shaped, helicopter-plane hybrid designed and utilized by Batman in Earth-Two. It produces a frightening image as it soars overhead in the night sky. It is capable of hovering in midair, allowing Batman to extend a ladder down to leave and return the vehicle as needed.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #31a: "Batman Versus the Vampire, Part One." (September 1939) Fox, Gardner and Bill Finger (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Genghis Khan

**Genghis Khan** was the ruler of the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century, known for his brutal raiding campaigns across Asia. In 1939 in Earth-Two, Zatara and the Tigress each sought out his tomb filled with vast treasures.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #10i: "The Treasure of Ghenghis Khan." (March 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Biography of the Flash (Earth-Two), 1940

The following is a **biography of the Flash for the year of 1940**.

## Biography

### Origin

Jay Garrick was a promising science student at Midwestern University when an experiment with hard water went awry and he passed out, inhaling gases from the chemical overnight. Garrick survived, but spent weeks in the hospital recovering. When he awoke, he attained the ability to move and think at inhuman speeds, able to cover great distances in an instant. He graduated and moved to New York City to become an assistant professor at Coleman University, while his girlfriend Joan Williams opted to join her father in working on his "atomic bombarder" weapon. While in New York, Garrick read about a gang of racketeers who were escaping the district attorney's justice. Garrick decided to use his powers to fight crime, adopting the name the Flash and donning a costume adorned with lightning bolts. He easily took the criminals' ill-gotten cash back from them, terrifying them with his unstoppable speed and scaring them away from a life of crime. One day, Joan visited Jay and asked for his assistance in rescuing her father, who'd been kidnapped.Suddenly, a car pulled up beside them, shot Joan, and quickly drove away, but Garrick was able to catch the bullet meant for her. She believed that a group of villainous scientists called the Faultless Four were responsible, as they had recently threatened her father trying to get the plans to his atomic bombarder.

Flash tracked down the Four's hideout and quickly rescued Mr. Williams. He returned and overheard the Four's plan to stage an attack on Coney Island the next morning, intending to draw the attention of the police while they kidnapped both Williamses. Flash stopped the attack, catching all the bullets as one of the villains swooped in a plane and tried to shoot down the beachgoers. He then returned to the hideout, where the Four's leader Sieur Satan hardwired one of the rooms to suffer an electrical overload at the pull of a switch in a different room. Satan pulled the lever thinking Flash was in the room with the rest of his cohorts, but Flash had in fact followed him unseen, and only the other three villains were killed. Satan fled in a car, but Flash effortlessly tailed him, and the panicked scientist careened off of the road into a ravine far below to his death.

## Notes

1. ↑ By matching the speed of the bullet, Flash eliminates any risk of injury in catching it.

## References

1. ↑ *Flash Comics* #1a: "Origin of the Flash." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Lampert, Harry (art).
Paul Rogers

**Paul Rogers** is an American businessman in Gotham City in Earth-Two. In 1939, his business partner Alfred Stryker formed a contract with him, Steven Crane, and one Mr. Lambert to gradually buy out control of the Apex Chemical corporation. Stryker went on to arrange the murders of Crane and Lambert, hoping to kill all three and thereby gain control at no cost. Batman protected Rogers when Stryker attacked him, punching Stryker into a vat of acid and killing him.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #27a: "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate." (May 1939) Finger, Bill (w), Kane, Bob (art).
Tony Spinelli

**Tony Spinelli** is an American gangster in Earth-One. In 1939, Spinelli's gang needed to get a cache of $75,000 (in presumably stolen money) to Spinelli without tipping off a vigilant rival gang. They decided to plant a note on a bystander at the New York World's Fair producing directions to the hidden cache. Unfortunately, that bystander turned out to be detective Shorty Morgan, and he and his partner Slam Bradley soon followed the trail to the money. The rival gang in turn followed them, and Spinelli somehow also made his way to the dead drop. Spinelli shot the rival gang leader and made off with the money, but Slam and Shorty pursued him and brought him to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *New York World's Fair Comics* #1h: "Slam Bradley at the World's Fair." (April 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Donald Brent

**Donald Brent** is a European diamond merchant in Earth-Two who murdered rival American diamond seller John Hilton in 1938 in an attempt to acquire a major gem. Speed Saunders and Hilton's son Jim solved John's murder and brought Brent to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #18a: "The Hilton Diamond." (August 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Terril Desmond

**Terril Desmond** is an American man and Hollywood manager in Earth-One. In 1937, he murdered the president of the film studio at which he worked in an apparent attempt to seize power. He was found out and brought to justice by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #4i: "The Hollywood Murders." (June 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Janice Blue

**Janice Blue** is an American reporter for the *Daily Press* in Earth-Two. In 1939, she witnessed a drug-related murder at the docks in her home city—she accidentally drew attention to herself, and was attacked by the criminals. The Sandman rescued her and knocked out the thugs with his gas gun, leaving them for police capture.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #41a: "On the Waterfront." (August 1939) Christman, Bert.
Pete Graves

**Pete Graves** was an American man and steel worker in Earth-One. A fit, burly man, Graves was murdered in 1937 while working on the Jinx Tower by a racketeering union attempting to terrorize steel workers into unionizing. The murder was pinned on Slam Bradley, a detective who had had a respectful, competitive fight with Graves shortly before his death. Slam and his sidekick Shorty Morgan went on to uncover the truth and bring Graves's killers to justice. He was survived by his sister Betty Graves, who attempted to shoot Bradley upon hearing that he was responsible—she would apologize to him with a kiss upon learning the truth.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #2a: "Skyscraper Death." (April 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Batman (Earth-Two)

**Batman**, born **Bruce Wayne**, is an American socialite and vigilante hero in Gotham City. In his everyday life, Bruce Wayne seems to be little more than a *laissez-faire*, rich young man, but in truth his life is devoted to combating the criminal element in Gotham as the mysterious, masked Batman. Batman uses a number of gadgets attached to a utility belt in his Batman suit to quickly traverse the city.

## Biography

### Origin

Bruce Wayne was the son of Thomas Wayne, a wealthy Gotham businessman. One day in 1924, a young Bruce and his parents were walking home from a movie when they were attacked by thug demanding Mrs. Wayne's necklace. Thomas defended himself, but the criminal shot both adults, killing them and scarring Bruce for life. Inheriting his father's vast fortune, Bruce took it upon himself to defend the city from its criminal element and honor his parents' memory. He endlessly trained his body and mind throughout his youth, becoming supremely athletic and scientifically knowledgeable by the time he reached adulthood. He sought a way to frighten and intimidate criminals, and inspiration came when a lone bat flew through his parlor. He created a dark, flowing costume to embody his new persona, the scourge of crime, Batman.

### 1939

*Main article: Biography of Batman (Earth-Two), 1939*
## Notes

1. ↑ Also written as "(the) Bat-Man."
2. ↑ Described as "some fifteen years" before 1939.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #33a: "The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom." (November 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Kane, Bob (art).
Nick Cardoni

**Nick Cardoni** is an American former boxer in Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1937, he and his manager conspired to kill Cardoni's opponents using a special electric gun that they had commandeered from a dead scientist, which would take down its target with no trace of injury. The manager would fire at Cardoni's foe from the audience, making it seem like he had died during the course of the fight, and allowing the two to make a killing betting on the fights. After one such murder of Danny Blake, the detective trio of Slam Bradley, Shorty Morgan, and Snoop Dolan got suspicious. Bradley began a hot boxing career of his own and faced Cardoni in December of 1937. Shorty and Snoop modified the manager's gun to simply shoot water, and Cardoni was left effectively defenseless against Bradley. He and his manager confessed to the crimes and were brought to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #10i: "Slam Bradley in the Ring." (December 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Ed Murphy

**Ed Murphy** was an American man in Earth-Two who was executed by electrocution in 1937 after being convicted of murder by strangulation. Prior to his execution, Murphy vowed that he would return and kill all of the witnesses to his death, mostly members of the press. Indeed, following his death, his vengeful spirit remained on the material plane, and killed several of the spectators over the next several days. One spectator was the supernatural detective Doctor Occult, who repeled Murphy's ghost's attempted attack with his mystic symbol, banishing it from the plane.

## References

1. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #29b: "The Spectral Killer." (February 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Monk

The **Monk** was a Hungarian vampire-werewolf villain in Earth-Two with potent hypnotic powers. Publicly, he wore a long red cloak and hood that covered his face, and was able to transform between his humanoid and canine selves at will.

In 1939, the Monk hypnotized Julie Madison, the fiancé of Bruce Wayne, to kill a man in the streets of Gotham City. Batman, Wayne's vigilante alterego, stopped her and brought her to her senses. The two visited a doctor, whom Monk had also hypnotized, who convinced Julie to visit Paris and perhaps Hungary—the Monk's two central bases of operation. Batman followed Julie to Paris in his Batgyro, briefly confronting the Monk on the ship across the ocean before realizing that his hypnotic powers were too strong. He continued to follow them to Paris in his plane, and eventually found the Monk in a castle, but fell into a series of traps. The Monk bragged that he would bring Julie to his castle in Hungary and feed her to his werewolves. Batman managed to escape and free Julie, taking her with him to Hungary to defeat the Monk once and for all. Batman and Julie stayed at a hotel in Hungary, where he came across a vampire woman named Dala who claimed to also want to stop the Monk. She led him to his castle there, but it was a trap—she and the Monk led Batman into his keep, where he revealed that they were both werewolves in addition to vampires, and he now planned on making Julie a werewolf herself. He used long-range hypnosis to bring Julie to the castle, and threw Batman in a pit of wolves. He escaped unscathed, and found that the other three were all sleeping. He loaded his gun with silver bullets and killed the Monk and Dala as they slept before spiriting away with Julie.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #31a: "Batman Versus the Vampire, Part One." (September 1939) Fox, Gardner and Bill Finger (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
2. ↑ *Detective Comics* #32a: "Batman Versus the Vampire, Part Two." (October 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Gale Dennis

**Gale Dennis** is a woman in Earth-One and a criminal associate of Black Jack Benson and Helger Wetjen. Their exact connection is unclear, but Dennis helped Benson hide out in Switzerland while he was on the run for murder. The three killed investigator Dick Kelly, but were subsequently all arrested for murder by Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #27m: "Slam Bradley." (May 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Jim Hilton

**Jim Hilton** is an American man in Earth-Two and son of deceased diamond merchant John Hilton. John was murdered in 1938 by rival Donald Brent, and Jim assisted detective Speed Saunders in solving that murder and bringing Brent to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #18a: "The Hilton Diamond." (August 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Mildred Thunder

**Mildred Thunder** is an American woman in Earth-Two, and the mother of Johnny Thunder. Mildred lived in the Bronx in New York City when Johnny was abducted at one month old in 1917. Johnny wouldn't return home until he was five years old, at which point the Thunders moved away from New York. The fate of Mildred and her husband Simon after this point is unknown.

## References

1. ↑ *Flash Comics* #1d: "Johnny Thunderbolt!" (January 1940) Wentworth, John (w), Asch, Stan (art).
Adam Springer

**Adam Springer** is an American man in Earth-Two who in 1938 murdered his brother Jim Hendrix to seize control of his oil-bearing farmland. He then assembled a convoluted plot to make it seem like he already owned the farm and that it was haunted, but the magical Zatara saw through his ruse and brought him and his cohorts to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #2j: "The Haunted Farm." (July 1938) Guardineer, Fred.
Sergeant Gage

**Sergeant Gage** is an American police officer in Cleveland in Earth-One. He is frequently at odds with freelance detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, but is usually powerless to hinder their crimefighting efforts.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #15j: "Slam Bradley and the Lady-Killer." (May 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Snoop Dolan

**Snoop Dolan** is an American detective in Cleveland in Earth-One. In late 1937, he collaborated with Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan in investigating the Human Fly, interested in replacing Shorty as Slam's new diminutive assistant. He suggested to Slam that if he were able to capture the Fly, that would be enough reason for Slam to take him on as his new sidekick, and Slam agreed. Shorty was quickly annoyed by this, and became suspicious that Snoop himself was the Human Fly. The two got caught in a trap by the real culprit, but managed to escape and team up with Slam to capture him. Since Snoop himself didn't capture the Fly, Slam instead offered Snoop to become Shorty's assistant. The three teamed up once more to stop Nick Cardoni's deadly boxing racket, after which Dolan quietly left the trio.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #9j: "Slam Bradley and the Human Fly." (November 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
2. ↑ *Detective Comics* #10i: "Slam Bradley in the Ring." (December 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Slam Bradley

**Slam Bradley** is an American freelance detective in Cleveland, Ohio in Earth-One. He is known for his singular intensity, aggression, and disregard for propriety, frequently favoring physical solutions rather than mental ones. His sidekick is the diminutive Shorty Morgan.

## Biography

### 1937-1938

*Full articles: Biography of Slam Bradley, 1937, 1938*
By 1937, Slam was a renowned freelance detective, if a difficult one to deal with. Early in the year, he began being pestered by wannabe detective Shorty Morgan, but the two became steadfast allies after being unexpectedly thrown into a case together. Their unique skills complemented each other well, and they quickly made a formidable detective duo. Slam wore many hats in this period, enjoying brief careers as a boxer, a lumberjack, a Broadway star, and even a magician to get closer to the criminals at hand.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #1i: "Slam Bradley." (March 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Oliver Stanley

**Oliver Stanley** is an American football coach for Cordell University in Earth-Two. In 1938, unbeknownst to him, the mighty Superman disguised himself as benchwarmer Tommy Burke in an attempt to fend off a criminal attack orchestrated by the coach of Dale University ahead of a game between the two schools. Superman proved to be a massive force in the first half of the game, but switched out for the real Burke at halftime. The result of the game is unknown, though it's likely that Cordell's first-half lead brought on by Superman was insurmountable.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #4a: "Superman Plays Football." (September 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Hen Velsor

**Hen Velsor** is an American bayman in Earth-Two who, along with Joe Plum, found a series of dead bodies in the bay in 1937. This discovery led to Speed Saunders uncovering and stopping a Chinese immigrant smuggling operation.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #1a: "Speed Saunders and the River Patrol." (March 1937) Stoner, Elmer Cecil (w, p), Flessel, Creig (i).
Dale University

**Dale University** is an American university. In 1938, leading into a major football game against Cordell University, Dale's desperate head coach hired a few thugs to play on his team and attempt to grievously assault a few crucial Cordell players. Superman caught wind of this plan and disguised himself as Cordell player Tommy Burke, routing the Dale team and taking the attack himself, to no effect.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #4a: "Superman Plays Football." (September 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Blakelytown

**Blakelytown** is a town in the United States in Earth-Two. Businessman Thornton Blakely lives there, and it is likely that he and his family have been major figures in the town since its founding. Blakely owns the Blakely Coal Mine, which collapsed in 1938, severely injuring miner Stanislaw Kober—Superman rescued Kober, and forced Blakely to improve the mine's standards.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #3a: "The Blakely Mine Disaster." (August 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Stormhaven

**Stormhaven** is a mining town in the Arctic Circle in Earth-One. Much of the town was under the influence of an oppressive mining organization until 1938, when Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan took down its leader while rescuing Jack Trent.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #14j: "Slam Bradley Up North." (April 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Gene Powers

**Gene Powers** is an American reporter in Earth-Two for the Metropolis *Morning Herald*. Powers and the *Herald* engage in "yellow journalism," seeking sensational headlines over the pursuit of truth. In 1939, the editor of the *Herald*, Hamilton, took that approach a step further by hiring criminals to drug and kidnap Senator Hastings and photograph him in a number of compromising situations while unconscious. Powers then approached Hastings the next day and demanded $10,000 in blackmail to not publish the photos. Superman—secretly rival reporter Clark Kent of the *Daily Star*—caught wind of Hamilton and Powers's crimes and demolished their press, assuring they wouldn't be able to print their lies about Hastings.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #18a: "Superman's Super-Campaign." (November 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Tony Caputo

**Tony Caputo** is an American criminal and former soldier in the French Foreign Legion in Earth-One. Caputo and Scar Jensen served in the Legion together, and upon returning to the United States lived in Cleveland as lowlife criminals. They mugged and killed socialite Clyde Winthrop in 1940, fleeing to Africa to reenlist in the Legion afterward. Caputo somehow got on Commandant Jensen's bad side, and Jensen had him imprisoned with Aba Cadabra, leader of a band of Arabs with whom Jensen had reached an underhanded arrangement. Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, bodyguards of Clyde Winthrop on the night of his murder, enlisted in the Legion to track down his killers, and succeeding in bringing Caputo and Jensen to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #35j: "Slam Bradley." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Bailey, Matt (art).
Thornton Blakely

**Thornton Blakely** is an American businessman and owner of the Blakely Coal Mine in Blakelytown in Earth-Two. Blakely was a coarse and uncaring proprietor of the mine until 1938, when a collapse paralyzed miner Stanislaw Kober and drew the attention of Superman. While Blakely was throwing a party for his wealthy friends, Superman (legal name Clark Kent) disguised himself as a miner and wandered onto Blakely's property. He deliberately got himself caught, and claimed to Blakely that he was just interested in seeing how rich people lived. This gave Blakely a curious new idea for how to entertain his guests: they would travel down into the mines and in turn experience the miner's way of living. They traveled down into the mine, and Kent sabotaged it such that they became caved in. In his miner persona, he told Blakely and the others that he was content to die, and that they had better get to work digging their way out if they wanted to live. Blakely tried to use some of the safety equipment, but it failed, proving that his mine was faulty. The wealthy elites soon tuckered themselves out digging, and Kent took the opportunity to subtly free them and allow for rescue teams to come in. Kent's point was proven, and Blakely became determined to make his mine the safest in the country.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #3a: "The Blakely Mine Disaster." (August 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Nick del Borno

**Nick del Borno** is a former sugar-plantation owner on San José Island in Earth-Two. In 1937, he murdered rival plantation owner Arthur Bell in order to eliminate the competition, but was soon tracked down and brought to justice by investigator Speed Saunders.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #4a: "The Mystery of San José Island." (June 1937) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Crieg (art).
Sporty Morgan

**Sporty Morgan** is an American man from San Francisco in Earth-One and the identical twin brother of detective Shorty Morgan. In 1938, Sporty traveled to Cleveland to help with Shorty and Slam Bradley's detective work, but proved unhelpful and was never heard from again. He is utterly indistinguishable from Shorty aside from his tendency to wear a plaid red suit.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #17j: "Slam Bradley Gets the Air." (July 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Aba Cadabra

**Aba Cadabra** is the leader of a band of Arabs in Africa in Earth-One. Cadabra reached some sort of underhanded arrangement in 1940 with Commandant Scar Jensen of the French Foreign Legion, illegally detaining Jensen's enemies. Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan brought an end to this arrangement, bringing both Cadabra and Jensen to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #35j: "Slam Bradley." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Bailey, Matt (art).
Zeke Willis

**Zeke Willis** is an American man from Kentucky in Earth-One who attempted to rob a bank in Cleveland in 1937. He was stopped by Slam Bradley and put in jail, but managed to escape and return home that night. Slam and Shorty Morgan tailed Willis to the Kentucky mountains, but the entire Willis clan was there to attempt to fight them off. Slam and Shorty managed to get hold of Zeke and return to Cleveland, bringing him to justice once and for all.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #8i: "Slam Bradley and the Hillbillies." (October 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Butch Grogan

**Butch Grogan** was an American man in Metropolis in Earth-Two, and a thug under the employ of construction-company owner Nat Grayson. In 1939, on Grayson's orders, he paid off a nightwatchman to sabotage the construction of a rival company's building, causing several deaths in a short span of time. Superman put a stop to this scheme, chasing down the nightwatchman, then Grogan, then Grayson. The nightwatchman died of heart failure due to overexcitement, and Grayson was arrested and sentenced to death; Grogan was shot and killed by a police officer after attempting to run from him.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #2c: "Superman and the Skyscrapers." (Fall 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (p), Cassidy, Paul (i).
Charles Clark

**Charles Clark** is an American governmental agent stationed in Hawaii in Earth-One. In 1939, Clark was captured by foreign spies looking to foment a revolution in Hawaii, causing it to secede from the United States and allowing their own country to annex it instead. Charles's niece Betty Clark contacted detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan for help following his disappearance, and the two helped Charles and Betty evade his captors.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #29i: "Slam Bradley." (July 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Karel Maire

**Karel Maire** is a French woman in Earth-Two. In 1939, she and her brother Charles were antagonized by the Duc D'Orterre out of apparent desire for their money as well as for Karel herself. The Duc's ambition was such that he burned Charles's face off, leaving it blank and featureless. Batman eventually brought down the Duc, forcing his car off of a cliff to his death.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #34a: "Peril in Paris." (December 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Merrivale University

**Merrivale University** is an American university near Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1939, detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan enlisted at Merrivale on a whim, unwittingly uncovering a financial wrongdoing on the part of the registrar, who tried to kill them to cover it up before being brought to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #25k: "Slam Bradley." (March 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Yat Sin

**Yat Sin** is a Chinese American detective in Cleveland in Earth-One. In late 1938, he worked undercover in Chinatown trying to bring down escaped mastermind Fui Onyui. He did just that with the help of detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, and fired the final shot that killed Onyui.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #22a: "Slam Bradley." (December 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Ninth metal

The **ninth metal** is a mysterious metallic substance discovered by Carter Hall in the early 20th century. Hall went on to use the ninth metal as his alterego Hawkman, taking advantage of several valuable facets of the metal. Its innate ability to counteract gravity gave Hawkman the power of flight, and it repels electricity, making Hawkman invulnerable to electric shock. It is a highly flexible material, capable of being crafted into a cloak or other malleable shapes.

## Notes

1. ↑ Hawkman claims that this is due to electricity being "the base of the force of gravity."

## References

1. ↑ *Flash Comics* #1c: "The Origin of Hawkman." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Neville, Dennis (art).
Margot Lee

**Margot Lee** is an American woman and former gang member in Earth-One. By 1939, her former gang had tasked her with killing a man named Joe French, but she refused and began to set her life straight. Another member killed him instead and attempted to frame her for it by planting a distinct handkerchief at the crime scene. Detective Speed Saunders saw through this deception, and brought the real killer to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #23a: "The Ski Murder." (January 1939) Gardner, Fox (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
James Kildare

**James Kildare** is an American man in Earth-One. In 1939, while on the run for murder, he attempted to carjack detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan. Kildare bit off more than he could chew, and was apprehended and brought to justice. Kildare's partner in crime, Boris Borsht, fled the country and got mixed up in the Twerpan military before soon getting apprehended by Bradley and Morgan himself.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #34j: "Slam Bradley." (December 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Bailey, Mart (art).
George Henry

**George Henry** is an American federal agent in Earth-Two. In 1939, Henry was kidnapped, bound, and impersonated by foreign spy Boris Leland at the New York World's Fair as part of his scheme to illegally purchase weapon plans belonging to the Dodds-Bessing Steel Corporation and commissioned by the United States government. The Sandman rescued Henry and with his help brought Leland to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *New York World's Fair Comics* #1i: "Sandman at the World's Fair." (April 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Christman, Bert (art).
Mike Bruno

**Mike Bruno** is an American gangster in Earth-Two who ran an ill-fated opium-smuggling scheme in 1938 using a convoluted plan involving dead bodies to apparently obfuscate his intentions. Speed Saunders put an end to his plot.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #16a: "The Case of the Missing Corpse." (June 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Hondoku Island

**Hondoku Island** is an island in the Atlantic Ocean occupied by native, uncivilized tribes. Malcolm Dane crash-landed there in 1938, and for a time went mad and became the leader of a tribe of cannibals until he was saved by Doris Dane and Speed Saunders.

## Notes

1. ↑ Hondoku must be in the eastern Atlantic for the subsequent trips to Liverpool and then to the United States to be plausible.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #14a: "The Mystery of Hondoku Isle." (April 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
2. ↑ *Detective Comics* #15a: "Speed Saunders." (May 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
Clarion (Earth-One)

The ***Clarion*** is a ship formerly belonging to a group of American pirates in Earth-One. In early 1938, the *Clarion'*s crew intended to rob a passenger liner in the dead of night, but they were boarded and their plan foiled by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #13i: "Slam Bradley at Sea." (March 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Rose Psychic

**Rose Psychic** is an American woman who works as the assistant to Doctor Occult in Earth-Two. During his conflict with the Vampire Master, Rose served as bait to lure the supposed vampire into a trap.

## References

1. ↑ *New Fun Comics* #6m: "Doctor Occult, the Ghost Detective." (October 1935) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Teeter Sneed

**Teeter Sneed** is a former fighter pilot of the United States Navy in Earth-Two. In 1933, Sneed was convicted of manslaughter for the death of a fellow soldier, having been accused by a group of five other soldiers. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, but was released in 1939 for good behavior. He began to exact his revenge by murdering those responsible for his conviction, making each event look like an accident. Another pilot from the same unit, Wesley Dodds—also known as the Sandman—noticed the trend, and assembled two other former brothers-in-arms, Clyde Dunlap and Happy O'Shea, to protect potential victim Steve Weber from a likely attack. Weber was flying a transport plane across the western states, and the three pilots quietly trailed behind him as Sneed made his anticipated attack. Sneed forced Weber to make an emergency landing, but Dodds forced him into one himself. Dodds radioed for help, ensuring that Sneed would be taken into custody once more.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #42a: "The Three Sandmen." (September 1939) Christman, Bert.
Cyrus Painter

**Cyrus Painter** is an American hotel proprietor in Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1939, he was mistakenly attacked by detective Slam Bradley. As a means of paying him back for the mistake, Slam agreed to investigate Painter's hotel for supposed signs of ghostly activity. All of this was in fact a good-natured prank pulled by Painter, which Slam and Shorty took in good fun despite the many frights they suffered along the way.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #32i: "Slam Bradley." (October 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Madge Allen

**Madge Allen** is an American woman in Earth-Two. In 1937, she and her friend, detective Speed Saunders, went on a vacation. As they returned home, she noticed that she was being followed by an Indian man, much to her concern. She continued to spot him as she checked in to her hotel in Seaboard City, but could do little about it. She received a telegram from banker Arthur Harde telling her to come to Cornton, Maine to settle the estate of her uncle. Madge and Speed made their way there, where Harde and her uncle's butler Monroe advised Madge to sell the estate for half of what it was worth, but Madge wouldn't budge. That night, Speed and Madge were attacked in the dark, but were saved by a third party. The attacker was Harde, and the savior was the Indian man, named Sak-Ri-Ko, who had restrained Monroe moments before. Madge had saved a maharaja's son after he'd fallen from a pony years ago, and the maharaja had sent Sak-Ri-Ko to protect her. She offered him a position as her new butler, and he accepted, while Speed brought Harde and Monroe to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #10a: "Speed Saunders, Ace Detective." (December 1937) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
Barney Jones

**Barney Jones** was an American man in New York City in Earth-Two who was shot and murdered in late 1938. Suspects included his ex-girlfriend Rosita Fernandez and banker Walter Weston, whom Jones had been blackmailing. Detective Speed Saunders discovered the true culprit, a gambling associate of Jones's named Ordwell, who was in debt to him.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #22k: "The Snow Murder." (December 1938) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Spider Liverman

**Spider Liverman** is an American gangster in New York City in Earth-Two. In 1937, he attempted to get ahold of typewriter plans developed by a recently deceased inventor, which the man had bequeathed to his sister. Spider and his cronies chased down the young woman, but federal investigator Speed Saunders fended them off and brought them to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #3a: "Speed Saunders and the River Patrol." (May 1937) Flessel, Crieg.
Seven

The **Seven** are a mystical council based in India in Earth-Two devoted to protecting Earth from magical threats. In particular, they held a longstanding opposition with Koth, whom they defeated in 1936 with the assistance of Doctor Occult, Zator, and a series of magical artifacts. The specific nature of the Seven, including information on its members, is unknown.

## References

1. ↑ *The Comics Magazine* #1b: "Dr. Mystic, the Occult Detective." (May 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art). Centaur Publications.
2. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #14r: "Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective." (October 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
3. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #15q: "Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective." (November 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
4. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #16d: "Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective." (December 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
5. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #17e: "Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective." (January 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Biography of Hawkman (Earth-Two), 1940

The following is a **biography of Hawkman for the year of 1940**.

## Biography

*See also: Hawkman's origin*
In early 1940, Carter Hall realized that he was the reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian prince Khufu, who had been killed by the evil priest Hath-Set millennia ago. Using the gravity-defying power of the ninth metal, Hall constructed a costume for his new heroic alterego Hawkman, a "grim jest" in reference to Hath-Set's hawk-god, Anubis. Hours after learning his background, Hawkman encountered one Dr. Hastor, a fiendish scientist who had electrified the city's subway tracks as the first step in a larger plan of domination. Hastor was himself the reincarnation of Hath-Set, and Hawkman got his revenge by seemingly killing Hastor. In the process, he rescued a woman named Shiera Sanders, who was the spitting image of Shiera, Khufu's lover whom Hath-Set had also killed. Hall explained their mutual reincarnations, and the two bonded over their millennia-old connection.

## References

1. ↑ *Flash Comics* #1c: "The Origin of Hawkman." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Neville, Dennis (art).
Knife Morley

**"Knife" Morley** is an American gangster in Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1938, he and his gang sought out plans for a "stratosphere-plane" developed by one Professor James. Through a convoluted series of deceptions and betrayals, Morley's gang were shut down and brought to justice by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan. As his moniker suggests, he has a penchant for blades.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #18j: "Slam Bradley in the Stratosphere." (August 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Arthur Harde

**Arthur Harde** is an American man and banker in Maine in Earth-Two. In 1937, after the uncle of Madge Allen died, he sent her a telegram to come to the uncle's estate in Cornton right away to settle his will. She came with her friend, detective Speed Saunders. Harde conspired with the estate's butler, Monroe, to seize control of it from Adams by any means necessary. They attempted to convince her to sell it for half of what it was worth, but they wouldn't budge. That night, they planned to kill Adams and Saunders, but were stopped by Sak-Ri-Ko, an Indian man who had been quietly trailing and protecting her. With Harde and Monroe incapacitated, Saunders brought them both to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #10a: "Speed Saunders, Ace Detective." (December 1937) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
Tex Dallas

**Tex Dallas** was an American man and professional rodeo cowboy in Earth-Two. He was shot and killed during a performance by another former bull rider who was upset at having been kicked out of the show.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #7i: "Speed Saunders at the Rodeo." (September 1937) Fox, Gardner (w), Flesser, Creig (art).
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Scar Jensen

**"Scar" Jensen** is an American criminal and former commandant in the French Foreign Legion in Earth-One. Jensen and Tony Caputo served in the Legion together, and upon returning to the United States lived in Cleveland as lowlife criminals. They mugged and killed socialite Clyde Winthrop in 1940, fleeing to Africa to reenlist in the Legion afterward. Caputo somehow got on Commandant Jensen's bad side, and Jensen had him imprisoned with Aba Cadabra, leader of a band of Arabs with whom Jensen had reached an underhanded arrangement. Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, bodyguards of Clyde Winthrop on the night of his murder, enlisted in the Legion to track down his killers, and succeeding in bringing Caputo and Jensen to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #35j: "Slam Bradley." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Bailey, Matt (art).
Henry Travers

**Henry Travers** is an American medical researcher in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In late 1939, with the help of Superman, Travers found a cure to the Purple Plague that was being spread across Metropolis by the Ultra-Humanite, saving thousands of lives.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #19a: "Superman and the Purple Plague." (December 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Midwestern University

**Midwestern University** is an institute of higher education in the (presumably midwestern) United States. It is the alma mater of the Flash, Jay Garrick, who was an unremarkable football player but promising science student prior to becoming the fastest man alive. Garrick's girlfriend Joan Williams also attended Midwestern.

## References

1. ↑ *Flash Comics* #1a: "Origin of the Flash." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Lampert, Harry (art).
Clarion (Earth-Two)

The ***Clarion*** was a passenger steam liner. It was sabotaged by Ultra-Humanite and his cronies in 1939 as punishment to its company for not paying protection money. As a result, it burst into flames in a disaster that threatened to kill its passengers. Superman saved those aboard the *Clarion*, and uncovered and stopped Ultra-Humanite's racket.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #17a: "The Return of the Ultra-Humanite." (October 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Dudley Jones

**Dudley Jones** was an American criminal in Earth-Two, also known as the **Coin**. He orchestrated a complex blackmailing-counterfeiting scheme, coercing his friend Charley Hall, Charley's wife Dora, and Dora's twin sister Nora Luftus to participate in distributing the counterfeit money. The Sandman, secretly a friend of both Jones and Hall, put a stop to Jones's scheme. Jones accidentally shot and killed himself while scuffling with Sandman.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #46a: "The Sandman Meets with Murder." (January 1940) Fox, Gardner (w), Whitney, Ogden (art).
Duc D'Orterre

The **Duc D'Orterre** was a French nobleman who in 1939 antagonized Karel and Charles Maire in the pursuit of their wealth and of Karel herself. The Duc was a strange and sadistic man with a number of bizarre pursuits within his stronghold, including a "garden" of flowers who had apparently been transformed from people. Batman put a stop to the Duc, forcing his car off of a cliff to his death.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #34a: "Peril in Paris." (December 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Senator Barrows

**Senator Barrows**, full name unknown, is an American man and Senator from an unknown state in Earth-Two. In 1938, he was getting kickbacks from munitions manufacturer Emil Norvell by way of lobbyist Alex Greer to push through legislation to get the United States involved in war in Europe. This relationship was ended by Superman, who threateningly convinced Norvell to leave the arms business. Barrows himself suffered no consequences for his actions.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #1a: "Superman, Champion of the Oppressed!" (June 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
2. ↑ *Action Comics* #2a: "Revolution in San Monte." (July 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Steve's DC Wiki

Hello and welcome to **Steve's DC Wiki**! I'm Steve, CygnusSyrinx. I'll be editing this wiki as I run through the entire Marvel timeline and as I see fit. This is primarily an in-universe wiki, meaning most everything here will be presented as though it were reality. Please don't make any edits to this wiki as this is a personal passion project and hobby of mine. Thanks!
Wing

**Wing** is a Chinese American man in Earth-Two who works as the personal assistant and chauffeur for newspaper publisher Lee Travis and his vigilante alterego, the Crimson Avenger. Wing is steadfastly loyal to Travis, and is the only other person alive who knows the Avenger's true identity.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #20h: "The Crimson Avenger." (October 1938) Chambers, Jim.