Who' the next public domain
Golden Age hero we should revive and make a mint on?
How about
this guy:
Oh, I know,
Bradford Cole doesn't look like much, But he has big dreams!
Ahh, but there's those
darn Nazi saboteurs who ruin everything:
He survived, hmm? And then some:
No, they
haven't been striving for ages to create "
The Chemical Man."
No, they
haven't. Stop trying to justify the wasting of your government grant money!
Brought to you by
Vicks??
A vow is a vow, and Bradford uses his powers in interesting ways:
So wait, a gas has "
disintegrating force"?
For his second appearance,
Vapo-Man decided that he had been
overdressed the first time out:
Oh, Vapo-Man, you
never go full
Namor!
And seriously, without a costume, no one will recognize you.
See?
Here's another interesting way that gas works: when Cole catches a fifth columnist sending a wireless message...
OK, that's not how
any of that works.
Then again, maybe it explains why my Wi-Fi signal sucks...
Vapo-Man can also go a little bit
Ms. Marvel:
And his advanced knowledge of
fake chemistry comes in handy:
Oh, but he's not just a smoke screen...
YOW!!!!
Dude, they're not going to take you seriously until you get a
real costume!
Never mind.
Vapo-Man also has no problem committing
war crimes:
Dude!
Uncool!
Actually, your job is 100% finished, Vapo-Man, as this was your last appearance
EVER.
Still, it's a potentially interesting power set. Someone out there--stop "adapting" toys into comic books and revive this guy!!
All panels from Liberty Scout Comics #1-2 (1941) and Man Of War Comics #1-2 (1941-1942)
But...he had evil eyebrows! I am stunned, I thought for sure he was going to be the "bad" guy.
ReplyDeleteAlthough some of his methods certainly seem to be a bit...on the extreme side, so I guess it all works anyway.
What is it with scientists giving the hero his powers and promptly dying? You'd think these guys would spread the word after that super-soldier incident. "Hey, you hear about Earl last week? He figured out how to turn a man to living crystal, and--yup, stone dead. Same as last time. Maybe we should switch to researching birds or something.
ReplyDeleteHe sounds like a creation of the marketing department at Vicks.
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