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Guerra civil de Alenazi

La Guerra Civil Alenazi fue una guerra de 5 años que vio a Francia, Italia y Estados Unidos emprendiendo una campaña de genocidio masivo contra el pueblo de Medio Oriente, con el fin de eliminar a toda su población. La guerra de Alenazi se inició el 27 de agosto de 1941, en lo que entonces era el conflicto militar continuo más largo de la historia mundial, después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En los años posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Estados Unidos inició varias operaciones militares importantes y mayores, incluida la primera gran ofensiva terrestre en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Estados Unidos estaba en primera línea de una importante campaña militar en el Medio Oriente que involucró a más de 3 millones de civiles y aproximadamente 4 millones de tropas. También fue el comienzo de la principal campaña terrestre en África que involucró a más de 100 millones de personas.

Durante los años posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Estados Unidos comenzó a usar el idioma francés durante la segunda mitad de la guerra en una importante operación militar llamada Guerra del Golfo de Suez. Esta operación involucró a más de 60 millones de personas, con aproximadamente 300 millones de tropas involucradas. Fue el primer ataque terrestre contra una nación extranjera en un importante objetivo militar estadounidense.
Líder Mostachín

El jóven Mostachín, sin su mostacho aún desarrollado.

*"Que conoces al mostacho? Oh, tu no conoces al mostacho."
 -General Mostachín, momentos antes de dar comienzo al genocidio de furros, 9020*

**Elmo Estrada Parrillada** (11 de septiembre de 8998 - ?) era el líder de Garpados Sur, sucesor a choche y cuyo paradero se encuentra desconocido. Aunque su mandato fue corto, se considera uno de los peores debido a las atrocidades que llegó a cometer: desde bombardear la ciudad de Palma hasta un genocidio contra los furros.
Twerpany

**Twerpany** is a European nation in Earth-One. It entered a war with Luthoria in late 1939, the outcome of which is unknown. American detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan got stuck in the middle of the war while attempting to vacation in Europe, as did criminal Boris Borsht, on the run for murder. Borsht somehow became an officer in the Twerpan military, but Bradley and Morgan captured him and took him back to the United States.

## References

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

**John Hilton** was an American diamond merchant in Earth-Two who was murdered in 1938 by Donald Brent, a diamond merchant from Europe. With help from Hilton's son Jim, Speed Saunders 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).
Chester Glass

**Chester Glass** is an American man in Earth-One who murdered nearly two dozen women in 1937 and 1938, targeting wealthy women and befriending them before killing them for their money. He was tracked down and brought to justice by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, who were themselves briefly accused of two of Glass's murders.

## References

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

**May Adams** is a woman who lives on San José Island in Earth-Two. She was a friend of Arthur Bell, owner of a sugar plantation there, until his murder in 1937. Another friend of Arthur's, investigator Speed Saunders, arrived on San José and rendezvoused with Adams to investigate Bell's death. He found the culprit to be Nick del Borno, a rival plantation owner who had killed Bell to eliminate his business competition. With Adams's help, Saunders brought del Borno to justice.

## References

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

**Joe Plum** is an American bayman in Earth-Two who, along with Hen Velsor, 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).
Zatara

**Zatara** is an American magical hero in Earth-Two. He is assisted by Tong, and frequently comes into conflict with the evasive thief Tigress. He dresses dramatically with a stylish suit, cape, and top hat, and possesses nigh-unstoppable magical powers.

## Biography

### 1938-1939

*Main article: Biography of Zatara, 1938-1939*
Daisy

***Daisy*** was a sailboat that Speed Saunders rented from Bill Bunce in 1937, intending to take it on a vacation in Long Island Sound. A young woman on the run from gangsters led by Spider Liverman stowed away in the cabin, and Spider's men destroyed *Daisy* searching for her.

## References

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

**Lew Frawley** is an American gangster in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1939, he and some others attempted to smuggle jewels in from Europe, but they were discovered by reporter Lois Lane after speaking with Frawley's wife for her love column. Superman did the physical work of bringing Frawley and the others to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #3h: "Superman and the Jewel Smugglers." (Winter 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Madame Zora

**Madame Zora** is an American woman and former medium in Earth-Two. She stopped practising spiritual endeavors after she was possessed by an evil spirit during a seance in 1938, during which Doctor Occult saved her and banished the spirit.

## References

1. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #30b: "Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective." (March-April 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Geraldine Ryan

**Geraldine Ryan** is a Canadian millionaire from Toronto in Earth-One. She visited Cleveland in 1938, where she was targeted by serial killer Chester Glass. However, detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan arrived in time to stop Glass's attack, and soon brought him to justice.

## References

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

**Alvardo Cortez** is a Mexican man and wealthy businessman in Earth-One who owns a valuable gold mine. In 1937, he visited the United States with his daughter Rosita and became friends with detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan. A week after returning home, Cortez was kidnapped by bandits led by Don Carlos who tried to discern the location of his gold mine. Slam and Shorty arrived in Mexico at Rosita's request and took down Carlos's organization, returning Cortez to safety.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #6i: "Slam Bradley in Mexico." (August 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Danny Blake

**Danny Blake** was an American boxer in Cleveland in Earth-One. He died in 1937 during a fight with Nick Cardoni, the latest in a string of deaths related to Cardoni. The detective trio of Slam Bradley, Shorty Morgan, and Snoop Dolan went on to uncover the source of these deaths: Cardoni's manager had been firing a special electric gun at his opponents, which killed them without a trace. Slam and the others brought Cardoni and his manager to justice.

## References

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

The ***Sea-Serpent*** is a ship anchored in Hollywood in Earth-Two. Ultra-Humanite, with his brain in the body of actress Dolores Winters, used the ship for Winters's supposed retirement party. This was in fact simply bait for the many celebrity and executive attendees to be Ultra's hostages for a large ransom. Superman put a stop to Ultra's plans, freeing the hostages safely and forcing him to flee.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #20a: "Superman and the Screen Siren." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Nick Stone

**Nick Stone** is an American gangster in Earth-Two. In 1939, he and his gang tried to steal some precious jewels from an exhibit at the New York World's Fair, but their efforts were stymied by Lois Lane and Superman, and they were arrested.

## References

1. ↑ *New York World's Fair Comics* #1a: "Superman at the World's Fair." (April 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Gloria Gorden

**Gloria Gorden** is an American singer in Earth-Two. In 1939, she and her husband committed insurance fraud, attempting to fake her kidnapping and collect on the insurance therein. Their plan was figured out by the Sandman, who brought them to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #45a: "The Golden Gusher." (December 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
Cordell University

**Cordell University** is an American university. In 1938, leading into a major football game against Dale 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).
Joan Williams

**Joan Williams** is an American scientific researcher in Earth-Two. She is in a romantic relationship with Jay Garrick, also known as the incredibly fast-moving hero the Flash.

## Biography

Williams graduated from Midwestern University in 1939, and began working with her father on his "atomic bombarder" weapon. He was kidnapped by the Faultless Four, a group of villainous scientists looking to steal his plans. Joan went to Jay for assistance, and the Flash quickly rescued her father and brought about the end of the Faultless Four.

## References

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

**Pierre D'Orsay** is a French American artist and cult leader in Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1939, he was leader of a cult devoted to painting realistic images of death scenes. They had grown tired of relying on their imagination, and sought out live subjects to imitate. D'Orsay chose detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, to his own peril: after D'Orsay subjected them to a series of deadly situations, they fought back and brought D'Orsay and his cult to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #26a: "Slam Bradley." (April 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Sheldon Lenox

**Sheldon Lenox** was an American explorer and criminal in Gotham City in Earth-Two. In 1940, Lenox discovered a large ruby statue modeled after a Hindu deity and sold it to a collector in Gotham. Lenox then faked his death, hiring a group of fake Hindus to "kill him." He killed Chinatown shop-owner Sin Fang and took his place in disguise in order to sell off the ruby statue in pieces after his "Hindus" stole the statue and returned it to him. This plan panned out up until the end, when Batman confronted Lenox in Fang's shop. Batman threw the statue at Lenox's head, knocking him through a window and sending him plummeting into the street to his death.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #35a: "The Case of the Ruby Idol." (January 1940) Finger, Bill (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Valleyho

**Valleyho** is an American town near Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1938, the dam protecting the town ruptured, but Superman manipulated a nearby rock formation to create another makeshift, natural dam and prevent the town from destruction.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #5a: "Superman and the Dam." (October 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Tarantula

The **Tarantula**, legal name **Mr. Crossart**, is an American criminal in Earth-Two. In 1939, he kidnapped actress Vivian Dale for a ransom of $500,000, holding her in one of the hidden passages of her own home to elude the authorities. The Sandman tracked down the Tarantula, knocking him out with his gas gun and freeing Vivian Dale. Tarantula was arrested and brought to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Adventure Comics* #40a: "The Tarantula Strikes." (July 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Christman, Bert (art).
Malcolm Dane

**Malcolm Dane** is an American man and former aviator in Earth-Two. In early 1938, he crash-landed on Hondoku Island, and apparently went mad and began to lead a tribe of cannibals. When his sister Doris and son Dick, along with Speed Saunders, came to rescue him, they were shocked to find him in the state he was in. Through unclear circumstances, Malcolm was brought to his senses, though seemed to still bear a degree of trauma afterward. All of them returned home on the ship *Calvon*, at which time Speed gave Doris the gift of a pearl necklace, but it was stolen by a man who then fell overboard with them.

## Notes

1. ↑ After being the leader of a tribe of cannibals at the end of *Detective Comics* #14, Malcolm Dane is peacefully aboard a passenger liner with Speed and the others in the following issue. No explanation is given for this discrepancy.

## 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).
Fred Hodges

**Fred Hodges** is an American plantation owner in the Carolina area in Earth-Two. His family suffers from a mysterious "evil blood" curse. In 1939, his aunt, a witch, hexed much of the rest of the family into coming into her swamp and drowning in the quicksand, under the command of Fred's uncle Karl. Karl sought to gain control of Fred's plantations. The magical Zatara arrived by Fred's request, and helped Fred and his sister Eleanor defeat the evil side of their family.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #13h: "The Swamp of Satan." (June 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Marselona

Bandera oficial impuesta en 5069

*"Muere peruano"
 -Lema oficial de Marselona, impuesto en 854 d.S.*

**Marselona** es un país del sur del continente de Garpados. Hay casi 2 millones de personas viviendo en el país. El país también se conoce como **Cervecera**, el nombre del rey español que nació allí. Comparte fronteras con Alenazi, Paulia, Pene, Corea del Centro y el Imperio Zuland. El país es conocido por su minería a gran escala, considerada la más fuerte del mundo, en los primeros años del siglo 40.
Alex Greer

**Alex Greer** is an American man in Earth-Two and a former lobbyist for Emil Norvell's munitions business. Greer lobbied for Norvell with politicians such as Senator Barrows and developed quite a reputation for himself as a prominent lobbyist in Washington, D.C., though his exact allegiance was not publicly known. Barrows and others received kickbacks for supporting legislation that would get the United States embroiled in war in Europe, and thereby fuel Norvell's business. In 1938, the hero Superman set on putting a stop to Greer's lobbying, grabbing him and taking him on a terrifying trip through the Washington skies. Greer gave up Norvell's name, and Superman similarly convinced Norvell to give up the arms trade altogether. Greer's fate since then is unknown.

## 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).
Helger Wetjen

**Helger Wetjen** is a Swiss man in Earth-One and brother of the deceased criminal Black Jack Benson. Wetjen and Gale Dennis helped Benson hide out in Switzerland while he was on the run for murder in 1939, but they were all captured and brought to justice by American detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan.

## References

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

The **Faultless Four** were a team of malicious scientists in Earth-Two. Their membership consisted of leader **Sieur Satan**, surgeon **Serge Orloff**, **Duriel**, and **Smythe**. In 1940, the four kidnapped scientist Major Williams in an attempt to secure his plans for a weapon known as the "atomic bombarder" and sell it to foreign nations. His daughter Joan Williams got help from her friend Jay Garrick, secretly the ultra-fast hero known as the Flash. In little time at all, Flash rescued Williams and put a stop to the Four's plans. Sieur Satan attempted to use an electric trap to kill the Flash, but wound up killing all three of his cohorts instead. He fled by car, but Flash chased him off of the road and into a ravine to his death.

## References

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

**Joan Carter** is an American woman and detective in Earth-One. On numerous occasions she has swooped in under rival detective Slam Bradley and claimed the victory in the case for herself after he had done the bulk of the work. She attempted to do the same in New York City in 1938, but found herself a near-victim of actor and robber Boris Desmond, only to be rescued by Slam and his sidekick Shorty Morgan.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #16i: "Slam Bradley and the Broadway Bandit." (June 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Jack Trent

**Jack Trent** is an American man in Earth-One who found a valuable coal mine in the Arctic Circle in 1938. A mining organization there kidnapped him and tried to force him to sign it over, but he was saved by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan at the behest of his sister Lucy. The grateful Trent offered the two hefty shares in his new mine.

## References

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

**Coreytown** is an American town just south of Metropolis in Earth-Two. It is infamous for its excessively punitive judicial and prison systems, which Superman attempted to force into reform in 1939.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #10a: "Superman Goes to Prison." (March 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Tom Croy

**Tom Croy** is an American boxing manager in Metropolis in Earth-Two. He managed heavyweight champion Larry Trent before double-crossing him and costing him the title to make money betting against him. When Trent made a comeback in 1939, Croy offered to manage him again, not realizing that he was actually speaking to Superman in disguise. Trent challenged for the title again and Croy tried his same trick, but Superman stopped both him and a subsequent assassination attempt on Trent, who went on to become a two-time champion.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #2a: "The Comeback of Larry Trent." (Fall 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (p), Cassidy, Paul (i).
Adolphus Runyan

**Adolphus Runyan** was an American scientist in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1939, he was killed by a group of international criminals led by a man named Bartow, who stole his formula for a deadly mask-penetrating chemical weapon. Bartow planned to sell the formula to a weapons manufacturer in Boravia to fuel its civil war. Runyan intended to only sell the formula in the event of a "defensive war." Superman went on to stop Bartow and the others, put an end to the civil war, and destroy Runyan's formula to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

## References

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

**Jeb Standish** was an industrialist from the American South in Earth-Two. In 1939, as Standish approached old age, he enlisted the magical adventurer Zatara to bring him waters from the Fountain of Youth, which he had reason to believe were in the former Incan Empire. Zatara and Tong did indeed retrieve the waters, but Standish died while they were gone, seemingly just as they scooped the mystical water from its repository. Zatara believed it was just as well, as the water was cursed to bring its drinker a horrible, restless eternal life.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #14h: "The Fountain of Youth." (July 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Lucy Trent

**Lucy Trent** is an American woman in Earth-One who in 1938 asked detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan to rescue her brother Jack from the Arctic—Jack had recently written to her about a mine he had found, but had disappeared ever since. Slam and Shorty successfully saved Jack from an organization that was trying to tough him out of his control of the mine.

## References

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

The **Vampire Master**, born **Bart Moore**, was an American man in Earth-Two who concocted a convoluted scheme in an attempt to be with Sander Amster's wife. The name "Vampire Master" is a deliberately deceptive misnomer, as Moore is not a vampire at all, but a scientist who created a "thought materializer" capable of manifesting semi-illusory subjects. He used it to create a duplicate of Mrs. Amster, but was eventually unsatisfied with this. He took on the persona of a villainous vampire and attacked Sander in an alley, but was scared off by the arrival of the detective Doctor Occult. Later, Moore snuck into Mrs. Amster's bedroom and bit her on the neck, leaving distinctive fang marks to be discovered the next day—she was committed to a sanitarium, for fear of her turning into a vampire herself.

The Vampire Master attempted to extort utterly exorbitant amounts of money from the city, and unleashed a horde of duplicate vampires on the streets when they naturally failed to comply. In the madness, he abducted Mrs. Amster from the sanitarium and, through unclear means, hypnotized her into doing his bidding. He had her meet Doctor Occult at a scheduled place, follow him back to her home, and attempt to kill her husband. Doctor Occult stopped her however, and she came to her senses. The three went to the Vampire Master's hideout, where he trapped them and explained his scheme. He announced his intentions to destroy the duplicate Mrs. Amster, but it took exception to this, and fatally stabbed Moore in the back. As he fell to his death, he deactivated the duplicate and activated his hideout's self-destruct sequence, but Doctor Occult and the Amsters were able to escape safely.

## Notes

1. ↑ The Vampire Master's true name is a matter of conjecture due to a lack of clear scans of the original material.

## References

1. ↑ *New Fun Comics* #6m: "Doctor Occult, the Ghost Detective." (October 1935) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
2. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #7l: "Doctor Occult, the Ghost Detective." (January 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
3. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #8y: "Doctor Occult." (February 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
4. ↑ *More Fun Comics* #9ac: "Doctor Occult." (March-April 1936) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Pete Hanson

**Pete Hanson** is an American man and former corrupt politician from Cleveland in Earth-One. Having been a devoted "grafter" for some time, in 1938 Hanson was brought to task by detective Slam Bradley during his brief foray into using magic. Bradley used his sorcery to disrupt Hanson's business dealings, and eventually convinced him to donate a large sum of money to the city and leave the country for Europe.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #20j: "Slam Bradley." (October 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Happy O'Shea

**Happy O'Shea** is an American artist in southern California and former United States Navy pilot in Earth-Two. O'Shea served in the early 1930s alongside Wesley Dodds and Clyde Dunlap, a group who dubbed themselves the Three Sandmen. In 1939, the three reunited when Dodds suspected another veteran, Teeter Sneed, of killing other pilots who had gotten him convicted of manslaughter in 1933. Sneed had recently been released, and three of his accusers had wound up dead in a matter of months. Dodds deduced that Sneed would next attack Steve Weber, who would soon be flying a transport flight across the western states. The three pilots quietly trailed behind Weber 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.
Thomas Wayne

**Thomas Wayne** was an American businessman in Gotham City in Earth-Two and the father of Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman. Thomas and his wife were shot and killed in front of Bruce in 1924 by a mugger.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #33a: "The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom." (November 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Clyde Winthrop

**Clyde Winthrop** was a wealthy American socialite in Cleveland in Earth-One. In 1940, he took his wealthy friends to a "trip" to the poorer side of the city, hiring detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan for protection. Unfortunately, they were unable to keep Winthrop from being mugged and killed by Scar Jensen and Tony Caputo, but they did trail the two criminals all the way to Africa to bring them to justice.

## References

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

**Mike Molona** is an American man in New York City in Earth-Two who for some time was a highly successful and wealthy racketeer, to the point of even cutting deals with the mayor. In 1937, Speed Saunders and another investigator, undercover as a vagrant for two years, caught Molona and the mayor in the act of making such a deal and brought them both to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #9a: "Speed Saunders." (November 1937) Fox, Gardner (w), Flessel, Creig (art).
Lem Willis

**Lem Willis** is an American man in Kentucky in Earth-One and a member of the large Willis family. He is related to Zeke and Lucy Belle Willis, among others. In 1937, Lem attempted in vain to protect Zeke from detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, who were pursuing Zeke from Cleveland where he had robbed a bank. Zeke was captured and returned to custody in Cleveland.

## References

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

**Derek Niles** is an American businessman in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1938, he tried to buy a major stake in the struggling Jordan Circus, but its owner wouldn't sell. When the circus advertised the massively popular Superman for a show, Niles and his cronies set out to sabotage it. They failed, and Superman brought Niles to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #7a: "Superman Joins the Circus." (December 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Metropolis

**Metropolis** is a major city in the United States—its exact location is unknown. It is a sprawling, modern urban center defined by soaring skyscrapers and bright lights. The hero Superman operates there.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #1a: "Superman, Champion of the Oppressed!" (June 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Dick Dane

**Dick Dane** is an American boy in Earth-Two, the son of Malcolm Dane, and the nephew of Doris Dane. In 1938, Doris took Dick and her friend Speed Saunders to Hondoku Island to rescue Malcolm, who'd crashed there some months prior. Overcoming dangerous currents and hostile natives, they found that Malcolm had strangely become the leader of an evil tribe of cannibals, and only just managed to flee with their lives. Through unclear circumstances, Malcolm was brought to his senses. All of them returned home on the ship *Calvon*, at which time Speed gave Doris the gift of a pearl necklace, but it was stolen by a man who then fell overboard with them.

## Notes

1. ↑ After being the leader of a tribe of cannibals at the end of *Detective Comics* #14, Malcolm Dane is peacefully aboard a passenger liner with Speed and the others in the following issue. No explanation is given for this discrepancy.

## 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).
Frankie Marello

**Frankie Marello** is an American boy in Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1939, he was sentenced to two years of reform school for assault and battery. Marello and a number of other boys from the slums of Metropolis were manipulated by a man known as Gimpy to carry out crimes for him as a way of supposedly making easy money. Gimpy in fact was taking much of the score for himself and notifying the police of the boys' actions once they had done their job. Superman put a stop to Gimpy's scheme, encouraging the boys to channel their energies more productively and helping to improve their squalid living conditions.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #8a: "Superman in the Slums." (January 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Betty Clark

**Betty Clark** is an American woman living in Hawaii in Earth-One. In 1939, her uncle Charles Clark was kidnapped by foreign agents, who were looking to instigate a revolution in Hawaii and cause it to secede from the United States, allowing their country to annex it instead. Betty requested help from detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan, who helped Betty and Charles evade his captors.

## References

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

**Boris Borsht** is an American man in Earth-One. In 1939, he and his partner in crime James Kildare were wanted for murder. Borsht fled the country and became embroiled in the Twerpany-Luthoria war. Borsht somehow became an officer in the Twerpan military, while Kildare was apprehended by detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan in the United States. Without even directly intending to find Borsht, Bradley and Morgan also wound up in the middle of the war, and soon found Borsht and brought him back to the U.S. to be arrested.

## References

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

The **Jinx Tower** is a skyscraper under construction in a major American metropolitan area in Earth-One. In 1937, several steel workers involved in the tower's construction, including Pete Graves, were killed by a racketeering union attempting to terrorize the other workers into unionizing. Detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan busted up these efforts, fighting the racketeers at the top of the unfinished Jinx Tower and bringing them to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #2a: "Skyscraper Death." (April 1937) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Biography of Superman (Earth-Two), 1940

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

## Biography

### The duplicitous actress

While on assignment in Hollywood, Clark Kent stopped a would-be assassin targeting actress Dolores Winters while she was shooting a scene. She agreed to do an interview with Clark as a way of thanking him, but strangely blew him off when the time came. The next morning, Clark read in the paper that she had announced her retirement. Clark was little concerned with this news until the following day: during Winters's retirement party on the ship *Sea-Serpent*, she had violently taken the many famous figures on the ship hostage, using a criminal crew of her own hiring. Winters demanded five million dollars in ransom—instructions on how to deliver the money would be delivered to the head of Colossal Film Studios that night. Superman covertly watched the studio manager's office, and learned that the money was to be left inside a buoy near the lighthouse at midnight. Superman observed the dropoff and trailed the submarine that retrieved it to a cavern. He confronted Winters, and saw in her eyes the burning evil of the Ultra-Humanite. Indeed, as "Winters" explained, Ultra had been revived from the brink of death by his underlings with adrenalin after his previous encounter with Superman. They knew that his revival could only be temporary, however—they kidnapped Dolores Winters during the interstice between Clark's two meetings with her, and switched her brain with that of the Ultra-Humanite. Ultra fled into the sea, slipping out of Superman's grasp once more. Nonetheless, he rescued the hostages and saw the ransom returned.

## See also

* Biography of Superman (Earth-Two), 1939

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #20a: "Superman and the Screen Siren." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Lola Cortez

**Lola Cortez** is a mysterious spy in Earth-Two, who in 1938 acted against the state of San Monte in their ongoing war—exactly whom Sna Monte opposed in that war is unclear, and so Cortez's own allegiance is similarly unclear. She was on the *Baronta* steam liner from Washington, D.C. to San Monte, and upon arrival got hold of a critical intelligence document belonging to the San Monte military. When San Montean troops came to her hotel to investigate, she planted the document in another guest's room, that of Lois Lane, and she was charged with espionage instead while Cortez escaped unnoticed. Lane was sentenced to death, but was saved from the firing squad by Superman. Superman later negotiated peace between the leaders of the two sides, who were unclear as to why they were even fighting in the first place.

## Notes

1. ↑ The title for the story (though nothing within the story itself) refers to a "revolution," suggesting that the war in question is a civil war, which would make Cortez San Montean.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #2a: "Revolution in San Monte." (July 1938) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Mike Caputo

**"Big Mike" Caputo** is an American criminal in Earth-Two. Having garnered a dangerous reputation across much of the country, Caputo came to Metropolis in 1939, but was warned by several other criminals there of the dangers of the heroic Superman. Caputo doubted Superman's power, and fought him one-on-one when he inevitably came calling. Superman utterly trounced and humiliated Caputo, running him out of Metropolis for good.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #2d: Untitled text story. (Fall 1939) Siegel, Jerry and Joe Shuster.
Sung-Wei

**Sung-Wei** is a city in Asia in Earth-Two. Experiments by mad scientist Dr. Kichung in the late 1930s led to much of the city being abandoned: Kichung took a number of men and transplanted their brains into ape servants. Tex Thomson and Bob Daley traveled to Sung-Wei in 1939, and brought an end to Kichung's operations, rescuing missionary Alicia Stockton along the way.

## Notes

1. ↑ No specific location for Sung-Wei is given, but context suggests it may be in China.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #8g: "Tex Thomson." (January 1939) Baily, Bernard.
2. ↑ *Action Comics* #9g: "Tex Thomson." (February 1939) Baily, Bernard.
Larry Trent

**Larry Trent** is American boxer in Metropolis in Earth-Two and the heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

By 1939, Trent was seen as a washed-up fighter: a former champion, he had been double-crossed by his manager Tom Croy in a gambling scheme, and had plummeted down the ranks ever since. He attempted suicide by jumping off of a bridge, but was rescued by Superman. Superman asked him if he would regain his self-respect if he were to become champion again, and Trent agreed. Superman offered to fight for him in the ring while simultaneously training him up for a proper return as a way of restoring his reputation and self-esteem, and Trent accepted. Superman fought a number of bouts, using makeup to disguise himself as Trent and restoring his reputation as a competitive fighter. Tom Croy approached Superman, and offered to manage him again. Superman accepted, fully expecting Croy to try to double-cross Trent again. Superman soon earned a shot at the heavyweight title, and he and Trent agreed that Trent should be the one to win it for himself. When the time came, Croy tried to force-feed Trent a drugged drink during the fight, trying to make him lose and win big betting on the fight as he had done previously. Superman stopped him, and also stopped a backup crook who simply tried to shoot Trent. Trent won the fight and regained the title, fully restoring his career.

## References

1. ↑ *Superman* #2a: "The Comeback of Larry Trent." (Fall 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (p), Cassidy, Paul (i).
Eleanor Hodges

**Eleanor Hodges** is an American woman in the Carolina area in Earth-Two. Her family suffers from a mysterious "evil blood" curse. In 1939, her aunt, a witch, hexed much of the rest of the family into coming into her swamp and drowning in the quicksand, under the command of Eleanor's uncle Karl. Karl sought to gain control of Eleanor's brother Fred's plantations. The magical Zatara arrived by Fred's request, and helped Fred and Eleanor defeat the evil side of their family.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #13h: "The Swamp of Satan." (June 1939) Fox, Gardner (w), Guardineer, Fred (art).
Hath-Set

**Hath-Set** was a malicious Egyptian priest in Earth-Two. In ancient times, Hath-Set was a zealous worshiper of the evil god Anubis, and vicious enemy of the prince Khufu. Hath-Set killed Khufu and his lover Shiera, but with his dying breath Khufu declared that he would get revenge in a future life. Nothing is known of Hath-Set's fate after Khufu's death, but it is likely that his ambition and magical abilities brought him great power without anyone the likes of Khufu to oppose him. Millennia after his death, Hath-Set was reincarnated as a 20th-century American scientist named Dr. Hastor, who was seemingly killed by Khufu's reincarnation, Hawkman.

## References

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

**Mike Moran** is an American gambling bookie in Earth-Two. In 1939, he had a man named Abe Gold killed after Gold suffered a $100,000 debt that he was unable to pay. Moran also killed a man named Beard who'd snapped damning evidence of Gold's murder, as well as a nurse who tried to operate on Beard. The Crimson Avenger tied up the numerous loose ends and brought Moran to justice.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #27f: "The Crimson Avenger." (May 1939) Chambers, Jim.
Clyde Dunlap

**Clyde Dunlap** is an American medical doctor in New York City and a former United States Navy pilot in Earth-Two. Dunlap served in the early 1930s alongside Wesley Dodds and Happy O'Shea, a group who dubbed themselves the Three Sandmen. In 1939, the three reunited when Dodds suspected another veteran, Teeter Sneed, of killing other pilots who had gotten him convicted of manslaughter in 1933. Sneed had recently been released, and three of his accusers had wound up dead in a matter of months. Dodds deduced that Sneed would next attack Steve Weber, who would soon be flying a transport flight across the western states. The three pilots quietly trailed behind Weber 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.
Hawkman (Earth-Two)

**Hawkman**, born **Carter Hall**, is an American scientist and hero in Earth-Two.

## Biography

### Origin

Carter Hall is a reincarnation of **Khufu**, a prince of ancient Egypt who battled the evil priest Hath-Set, worshiper of Anubis, alongside his love Shiera. Hath-Set killed Khufu and Shiera, but with his dying breath Khufu declared that they would both be reborn, and Khufu would get his revenge. Hall himself was born in the early 20th century, and became a highly successful and wealthy research scientist and collector of exotic weaponry. In early 1940, a colleague of his sent him a knife from Egypt, which on sight sent Hall into a dream-like state in which he witnessed Khufu's final moments. He realized that the knife was the one Hath-Set had used to kill Khufu, and likely Shiera as well. Later that day, he walked through the city streets and found that people were panicking and running out of the subway—the tracks had become horribly electrified, threatening all those near. Carter ran into a woman named Shiera Sanders, who he knew must be the reincarnation of Khufu's lover. He explained the situation to her, and kept her at his home, fearing perhaps that Hath-Set had returned as well. Using his scientific equipment, he tracked down the source of the electrocution. Using the mysterious ninth metal, Hall constructed a costume for his new heroic alterego Hawkman, a "grim jest" in mockery of Anubis.

Hawkman traveled to the source of the electricity, a vast palatial laboratory owned by one Dr. Hastor, who indeed was Hath-Set reborn, worshiping Anubis and seeking global dominion. Hawkman attacked Hastor, but he escaped into a secret room within his lab. Hastor used a special burning myrrh solution at his altar to Anubis, which slowly seeped into the city and lured Shiera, zombie-like, to Hastor's lab—the myrrh had a special, perhaps magical, effect on Shiera and her ancient blood. Hastor sought to sacrifice Shiera at Anubis's altar, but Hawkman tracked him down and shot him with a crossbow, seemingly killing him. He rescued Shiera and returned her to his home, fearing that he had somehow not seen the last of Hastor.

### 1940

*Full article: Biography of Hawkman (Earth-Two), 1940*
## References

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

The **Batarang** is a weapon used by Batman in Earth-Two. It is a boomerang-like implement shaped like a bat, used as both a projectile weapon and a gadget for reaching far-off objects.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #31a: "Batman Versus the Vampire, Part One." (September 1939) Fox, Gardner and Bill Finger (w), Kane, Bob (art).
Zator

**Zator** is a benevolent magician and ally of Doctor Occult in Earth-Two. In 1936, he notified Doctor Occult of a task from the Seven to defeat the villainous Koth, and went on to assist Occult as he acquired a series of magical items, eventually defeating Koth and his army of evil spirits and preventing him from destroying humanity.

## 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).
Dolores Winters

**Dolores Winters** was an American film actress in Earth-Two. In 1940, she was targeted by underlings of the Ultra-Humanite, whose body was failing after being nearly killed by Superman. They switched her brain with Ultra's, effectively killing her and occupying her body with the villain's malicious mind. Ultra attempted to use Winters's fame to secure a large ransom by kidnapping several other celebrities, but Superman put a stop to his plans and forced him to flee.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #20a: "Superman and the Screen Siren." (January 1940) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Walter Crane

**Walter Crane** is an American man in Earth-Two. Crane was imprisoned at Coreytown prison, where he was subjected to inhumane torture and slave labor. He escaped in early 1939 and traveled to nearby Metropolis, where he contacted the *Daily Star* and spoke with reporter Clark Kent, who went on to run a story on Coreytown's conditions. Kent gave up Crane to Coreyton's sadistic Superintendent Wyman when the latter complained, a seemingly cowardly move that was in fact calculated to allow Kent to get the evidence necessary to reform Coreytown. As both a disguised felon and his alterego Superman, Kent gathered that evidence and even got Wyman to confess his cruelty to the governor. Crane presumably is still doing time at Coreytown, but in much more humane conditions.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #10a: "Superman Goes to Prison." (March 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).
Myron Block

**Myron Block** is an American lawyer in Earth-Two who ran a racket supplying false witnesses to his clients until he was brought to justice by the Crimson Avenger in 1938. The Avenger in fact framed Block for attempted murder through a convoluted plot that exposed him for all of his actual crimes.

## References

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

**Sin Fang** was a Chinese American shop owner in Gotham City's Chinatown in Earth-Two. Fang had a reputation for dealing in stolen goods and being an overall dangerous operator. He was killed by Sheldon Lenox in 1940, and Lenox disguised himself as Fang in an attempt to sell off a large ruby idol he had collected. These plans were stopped by Batman.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #35a: "The Case of the Ruby Idol." (January 1940) Finger, Bill (w), Kane, Bob (p), Kane, Bob and Sheldon Moldoff (i).
Senator Hastings

**Senator Hastings**, full name unknown, is an American man and Senator from Metropolis in Earth-Two. In 1939, Hastings was drugged and kidnapped by criminals hired by the editor of the *Morning Herald*. They took compromising photos of Hastings while he was unconscious, and *Herald* reporter Gene Powers attempted to blackmail him the next day for $10,000. Superman caught wind of the paper's plans and shut them down, destroying their press to ensure their lies about Hastings weren't released. Hastings was reelected to office soon after.

## Notes

1. ↑ Hastings represents the state that contains Metropolis, but exactly which state is not clear.

## References

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

**Commissioner James Gordon** is the commissioner of the Gotham City police department. He is a friend of socialite Bruce Wayne, which further complicates the police's antagonistic relationship with Wayne's secret alterego, the vigilante known as Batman.

## References

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

**Ramon Gonzales** is an American singer in Cleveland in Earth-One known for killing singer Maria Borgio. Though talented, Gonzales became frustrated with his lack of work, and sabotaged Borgio's microphone to explode during a radio performance, killing her. Detectives Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan investigated and shockingly got work ahead of Ramon, infuriating him. He attempted to sabotage Morgan's microphone in the same way, but his plan was foiled and he was brought to justice.

## References

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

**Linda Perry** is an American heiress in Earth-Two. In 1939 she was captured by a mad scientist who intended to sacrifice her in an apparent attempt to fuel his zombie experiments, but she was rescued by the Crimson Avenger.

## References

1. ↑ *Detective Comics* #23d: "The Crimson Avenger." (January 1939) Chambers, Jim.
Jack O'Leary

**Jack O'Leary** is an American man, formerly living in Metropolis in Earth-Two. He ran a numbers game in the city until 1939, when Superman cracked down on the city's gambling problem and ran O'Leary out of town.

## References

1. ↑ *Action Comics* #16a: "Superman and the Numbers Racket." (September 1939) Siegel, Jerry (w), Shuster, Joe (art).