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Gill Fox - Police Comics #11 Preliminary Cover Sketch Original Art, Printed and Modern Recreation (Quality Comics, 1942) Source, source

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federer7 · 1 year

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Torchy #4. May 1950

Cover: Gill Fox

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chernobog13 · 11 months

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Smash Comics #24 (July, 1941). Cover by Gill Fox.

Bozo the Robot was originally the tool used by an evil scientist to rob banks. Hugh Hazzard, a private detective, took possession of the robot and used it himself to fight crime.

At first Bozo was controlled by Hazzard using voice commands and remote control. Eventually, Hazzard found it easier to remove most of Bozo’s innards so he could crawl inside and use the robot like a suit of superpowered armor. Bozo could fly up to 400 mph thanks to the tiny propeller on his head, run 70 mph, and had the strength of 1,000 men.

Despite being named Bozo, the robot/suit of armor was usually referred to as “The Iron Man.”

The character, like most of quality’s stable, is now owned by DC Comics. Writer James Robinson had him pop-up in Starman and Superman when he was writing those titles. Grant Morrison originally proposed updating Bozo into a supervillain, which eventually became the character Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard.

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nerds-yearbook · 9 months

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The anthology comic Police Comics 1#, cover date August, 1941 introduced a host of characters, but the most enduring being Plastic Man (created by Jack Cole) and Phantom Lady (Arthur F Peddy). ("Firebrand: Introducing Firebrand", "711: The Origin of 711", "Super Snooper: Dr. M Balm's Man-Eating Plant", "Eagle Evans: The Attack of Ali Harid", "Chic Carter: The Legend of the Black Baron", "Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man", "Steele Kerrigan: The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan", "The Mouthpiece: The Alien Smuggling Racket", "Dick Mace: Vengeance!", "Phantom Lady: The Coming of the Phantom Lady", "Dewey Drip", "Human Bomb: The Origin of the Human Bomb", Police Comics 1#, Quality/DC Comic Book)