Spirit of '76

Golden Age Origin
Gary Blakely was the latest in a line of patriotic American family whose members had served in every armed conflicted in the nation's history. He grew up in England where his Father was serving in the military. He attended Oxford University and excelled as a scholar and athlete. Seeing the rise of the Nazis through out Europe, he drops out of Oxford and at his family's request heads back to America where he becomes a cadet at West Point. He was also outraged at crime and decides to become the crime fighter. Because if he went public his super hero career it would put his military one at West Point in jeopardy, he puts on a patriotic disguise based on the uniform of his great-great grandfather, George Washington's aide-de-camp Captain Ralston. He becomes the Spirit of '76 and fights enemies such as Satan. While he had no super powers, he was a skilled fighter and his cloak was bullet-proof.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Pocket Comics #1-4
 * Green Hornet Comics #7-37