Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Fawcett Comics Presents: Scarlet and Gold #4

Earliest assemblage of characters on one page from the Fawcett Comics universe, later known as Earth-S. Featuring the following fearless fighters of fiendish foes:

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Lance O'Casey; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Ibis; Taia; Dan Dare; Captain Venture; El Carim; Zoro; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Buck Jones; Devil's Dagger [Ken Wyman]; Companions 3 [Don; Nifty; Spike]

This was prior to the debut of Mister Scarlet and Pinky. While some of the above would later join together as the Squadron of Justice and Crime Crusaders Club, others operated in different eras and locations from those groups.

As such, Bulletman and his partner never had opportunity to work alongside old west hero Buck Jones, 30th century explorer Cap Venture. Nor contemporary crimefighting crusaders El Carim, Zoro, Devil's Dagger... let alone Don Dare, Don, Nifty and Spike. Still, this picture alludes to a potential untold tale still left to be revealed which brought all these heroes together, perhaps during the 1980's reality displacing Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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