| The Puppeteer | |
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Real Name |
Alan Dale/Hale |
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First Appearance |
All Top Comics (1944) |
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Original Publisher |
Fox Features |
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Created by |
Alec Hope |
Origin[]
In his lone adventure as Capt. V, Alan Dale (later changed to "Hale" without explanation) battled the cunning devices of the Royal Family of Crime.
Afterwards, he took on a new super hero name from his profession, which was that of a puppet maker. He transforms into the Puppeteer whenever Raven, his talking bald eagle (whom everyone, including Raven himself, treats as a raven), plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on a magic pipe organ in the back of Alan's puppet shop.
Powers and Abilities[]
His powers include super strength and traveling at super-speed by way of his red, white, and blue "v-beam."
Public Domain Appearances[]
- (as "Capt. V")
- All Top Comics
- The Book of Comics (cover only)
- (as "The Puppeteer")
- Blue Beetle #46
- All Good Comics #1
- All Your Comics
- All Great Comics vol. 2
- Rocket Kelly #2
- Book of All Comics
The "Once again..." in the first panel suggests an appearance before this but... there wasn't. Oh, the oddity of Golden Age (non-)continuity!
Notes[]
- He was very similar to Fox's previous hero, V-Man.