Yankee Doodle Jones

Yankee Doodle Jones was an American artificial man created by an unnamed scientist. The character first appeared in Yankee Comics #1. Yankee Doodle Jones was created using body parts taken from three crippled American World War I veterans who agreed to give up their lives for the sake of creating "an American champion." After the resulting being was brought to live, the scientist injected him with a "secret fluid" that gave him heightened strength and speed, as well as near-invulnerability. Watching it all was the scientist's unnamed son, who wished that he would have a chance to get a shot of a secret fluid himself.

Shortly afterwords, a group of Nazi agent broke into the scientist's lab and mortally wounded him. The artificial man rushed to stop the assailant. The scientist's son was eager to help, so he injected himself with the secret fluid. The two managed to stop to Nazi agent, but it was too late for the scientist. With his last breath, he dubbed the artificial man "Yankee Doodle Jones" and his son "Dandy" and urged them to use their powers to defend their country.

The newly minted superhero duo proceed to lounge around and do nothing until they were approached by Uncle Sam, who ordered them to investigate the mysterious deaths of his agents. The search lead them to two Nazi agent - the costumed Mr. Fear and the Hag, who used her voodoo-like powers to choke the agents at the distance. Yankee Doodle Jones and Dandy were able to stop the Nazi agents, killing them both in the process.

Yankee Doodle Jones and Dandy went to to fight Nazi agents for the rest of Yankee Comics' run. Dandy teamed up with Yankee Boy and Johnny Reb, the fellow Yankee Comics characters, in a three-part text story published in the third issue of the series.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Yankee Comics #1-4
 * Bulls Eye Comics #11 (Reprint)
 * Dynamite Comics #8 (Reprint)