#minute-man

[browsethestacks]

America's Greatest Comics (1941-1942)

Art by Mac Raboy

#Comics #Fawcett Comics #America's Greatest Comics #Captain Marvel #Shazam #Mac Raboy #Spy Smasher #Mr Scarlet #Minute-Man #Vintage #Art #Fawcett #CGC #1941 #1942 #1940s #40s

[chernobog13]

The Squadron of Justice of Earth-S by Kurt Schaffenberger:

Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel, Mr. Scarley, Pinky, Spy Smasher, Ibis the Invincible, Taia, Bulletgirl, Bulletman.

This is the second version of the Squadron. The original appeared in the 1940s and consisted of Captain Marvel and his 3 Lieutenant Marvels.

The Squadron as shown above (also referred to as Shazam's Squadron of Justice), was formed by the god Mercury and made its first and only appearance in Justice League of America (vol. 1) #135-137 (1976). That was the annual summer crossover between the JLA of Earth-One and the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two. Because of shenanigans on Earth-S, Mercury summons the JLA and JSA to help the Squadron defeat the plans of the evil King Kull.

Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family were introduced in the Shazam! comic in 1973. The JLA/JSA crossover tale was the introduction of the rest of the superheroes from Fawcett, which DC Comics had licensed a few years prior (and would purchase outright a few years later), to the mainstream DC Universe.

However, DC seemed to have forgotten one Fawcett hero: Minute-Man.

Minute-Man has been written off as Fawcett's version of Captain America, but that is inaccurate and unfair. Minute-Man first appeared in Master Comics (vol. 1) #11, with a cover date of February, 1941 (which meant it was probably released around November, 1940). Captain America made the scene in Captain America Comics (vol. 1) #1, which was published in December, 1940, with a cover date of March, 1941. So Minute-Man arrived first, or at the very least at the same time, so there was no possibility of him copying Cap.

Besides, at the time every comic book publisher was coming up with at least patriotic superhero for their books. That was a trend started by The Shield from MLJ (now known as Archie Comics), who first appeared in Pep Comics #1, cover dated January 1940.

Minute Man was only nominally a superhero because he wore a costume. He had no super powers, but he had trained himself to the peak of human perfection. He was Private Jack Weston in the US Army whose secret identity was only known by his commanding officer, General Milton (as MM didn't wear a mask, shouldn't everyone have known who he was?). The general would send MM on missions behind enemy lines, but America was not at war at the time, so who were these enemies? Didn't matter. Minute-Man still managed to battle his share of spies, saboteurs, robots, vampires and assorted monsters, and even headhunters.

Anyhoo, for whatever reason, the folks at DC forgot Minute-Man when they put together the Squadron of Justice. And I'm sure someone pointed that out to him, because about a year later he finally appeared.

Minute-Man finally reappeared in Shazam! (vol. 1) #31 (October, 1977). Someone finally realized that a superhero who doesn't wear a mask while in costume, or some sort of disguise (eyeglasses, anyone?) when not, is not going to have a secret identity for very long. Artist Kurt Schaffenberger (himself a longtime artist for Fawcett back in the day) added a simple blue mask so Minute-Man could operate incognito.

Unfortunately, this would be Minute-Man's only appearance in a DC comic book before the whole multiverse went kablooey in Crisis On Infinite Earths.

Afterwards, he had sporadic appearances in The Power of Shazam!, before being killed off by agents of Vandal Savage in Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #3 (April, 2007).

There is a new DC character currently using the Minute-Man moniker, but the less said of him the better.

#Squadron of Justice #Shazam's Squadron of Justice #Captain Marvel #The Original Captain Marvel #Captain Marvel Jr. #Mary Marvel #Mr. Scarlet #Pinky #Spy Smasher #Ibis the Invincible #Taia #Bulletgirl #Bulletman #Minute-Man #DC Comics #Fawcett Comics #Kurt Schaffenberger

[kamenwriter]

#captain marvel #billy batson #spy smasher #minute-man #mr scarlet #bulletman #shazam #kamenwriter kinda kristmas

[eastgaysian]

#ordinary photo of yeti #they made astarion in a lab for me to be obsessed with. #like hottest man in game for me is halsin truthfully. astarion is my shitty little white dog with separation anxiety who bites people. #very different things. if i say i'm doing a playthrough as astarion that's when you put me down #main factor motivating me not to is i need to hear neil newbon's voice acting at least once a minute or i die. #i've got a dark urge concept rattling around the brain but i should maybe self-impose a gaming break and take care of. responsibilities 😐

[astrallar]

This man holds my heart just like he holds these ducks

#Halsin #BG3 #baldurs gate 3 #Look I cannot put into words how much Halsin means to me #I do not have the vocabulary #But he is so gentle #and he is so powerful #like I knew I was done but the MINUTE I heard he loves ducks I was sent into oblivion #my art #I will love this man until the sun dies out

[yvotoro]

makima 🫀

#chainsaw man #makima #csm #fanart #yvo draws #been wanting to draw her for a minute!! in a mostly creepy confrontational kind of way....staring into ur soul #i hope i succeeded hehe :+)

[b-e-e-h-o-p]

DID YALL KNOW THAT SOMEONE MADE SPEEDRUNS DEDICATED TO HOW FAST THEY CAN GET TO THE PUNCH SOLAS SCENE 💀💀💀

#8 GODDAMN MINUTES HOW??? #THEY USED SO MANY GLITCHES JUST TO PUNCH THIS STUPID EGG MAN #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #solas dragon age #dragon age solas #solas #dragon age funny #solavellan #dragon age speedrun #dragon age speedruns #speedrun #speedruns

[tastytastysoap]

Cope how you need to

#mlp fim #mlp #meme i made in 2 minutes #rarity #rainbow dash #twilight sparkle #pinkie pie #fluttershy #apple jack #princess luna #im a simple man #i see a colorful pony? i smile #my little pony #my litte pony friendship is magic

[dokermalyx]

[i don't want to draw anything major.]

FUCK, I FORGOT TODAY HIS BIRTHDAY. [cus i actually never knew LMAAOOO.]

8 or 9 years, damn.

Error by CrayonQueen

#it took me a whole minute fo remember creator. #anyways happy birthday to our man child. #undertale au #sans au #art #digital art #error sans

[thedemonscrawler]

hey guess what i still do art sometimes

#WIP #man its been a hot minute though #got a couple of things in the works

[petitesmafia]

Chuuya wanting to put this whole Fyodor thing behind them is sooo funny like he's genuinely so over it 😭

every chapter since Chuuya's just been like "is he dead? he's dead. he's sooo dead" likeee he's so funny fr 😭 watch how in the next chapter he's just gonna be like. pause. he's NOT FUCKING DEAD??

#enas.txt #bungou stray dogs #bsd spoilers #bsd 114 #free my man let him go home #asgr couldn't even let Chuuya chill with this victory for like 30 minutes it's crazy

[browsethestacks]

America's Greatest Comics (1942-1943)

Art by C.C. Beck

#Comics #Fawcett Comics #America's Greatest Comics #Captain Marvel #WWII #Vintage #Art #CGC #Fawcett #Spy Smasher #Bulletman #Commando Yank #Mr Scarlet #Pinky #Minute-Man #Bulletgirl #Bulletwoman #CC Beck #1942 #1943 #1940s #40s #Shazam

[superherobriefings]

Minute Man

Creator(s): Charles Sultan

Alias(es): Jack Weston

1st Issue w/Uniform: America's Greatest Comics #5

Year/Month of Publication: 1942/12

pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Minute-Man

#superheroes #comics #minute man #minute-man #jack weston #classic #golden age #red trunks #red underwear

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

No time to play. You are being sent away.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #yu ziyuan #jiang yanli #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #Do you know how hard it was to *not* do a 'Sold To One Direction' spoof comic? It took nearly all my will power. #Mostly because it misaligns a little too far off from the canon events and vibes. #But sit with me for a moment. Consider it: #“BEEP BEEP BEEP. I threw my pillow at my alarm clock. ”Wei Wuxian get your lazy ass downstairs!“ Yu Ziyuan yelled. #I ran to the bathroom and looked in the mirror to see my grey orbs staring back at me. #I put my long straight black hair in a ponytail with a red ribbon. #I went downstairs to see my adoptive mother holding a bottle of vodka and a cigarette. #'Listen up whore! I need money to pay the bills so I sold you. Your new owners will be here any minute so go pack!' #I stormed upstairs. There was no way I was going to let her sell me to a creepy old man! #I decided to run away. Since I'm not like other girls I don't have very many friends. #My gay friend Lan Zhan was mean but he lived like a block away. #As I opened the door I saw Wen Chao blocking the door. 'Ello Love. We're your new owners!' #I rolled my eyes and pushed him. 'Aren't you from that stupid Wen Sect? There's no way in hell I'm going with you!' #Hey again. It's me the OP of this blog taking a pause. I haven't actually read this story before aside from the memes #and I am honestly reeling from how this watpad fic chapter ends. What do you mean one of the one direction boys chloroforms her??? #Chapter 2 is so much worse #Why is there such a strong focus on the *eyes* of every boy!!! #This fanfic is a horror story actually. I came into it trying to make a funny parody but I got in over my head. Dear God. #It's me again. Several minutes have passed and I'm on chapter 4. What the FUCK is going on here? #I feel like I opened up pandora's box hoping for a fun little treat and got the plauge upon me. Dont read this fic.

[littleprincepaladin]

what a hell of a way to die!

#bg3 tav #bg3 #bg3 raphael #raphael bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #raphael x tav #paladindraws #ocs // amalatar #god the color difference between this on my pc monitor and my phone screen is so drastic its driving me MAD #and idek where it looks better #i slept for a total of 30 minutes today i dont want to think about anatomy or how good the art is #i want to show you the devil booba #mmmmmmmm. devil booba #you walk into the house of hope and just find amalatar on the floor scrunched up #like the dry spongebob #none of my thoughts about this man are in the bible #which is FITTING

[iwasbored777]

How tf does Pavitr wake up like this?! I never felt lazier in my entire life

#pavitr prabhakar #spider man across the spider verse #i always need those extra few minutes to rest my eyes