| The Face | |
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Real Name |
Tony Trent |
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First Appearance |
Big Shot Comics #1 (May 1940) |
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Original Publisher |
Columbia |
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Created by |
Mart Bailey |
Origin[]
Tony Trent, a newscaster for the radio station WBSC, witnesses a murder committed by gangsters disguised as cops. Consequentally he decides to fight crime. Having no innate superpowers, he instead uses a mask to scare criminals. Trent would use his position to learn of crimes and catch those behind them as The Face!
He works with the city's police commissioner to obtain information from the underworld .
Later circumstances caused Tony to give up his Face identity, but he still worked for the cause of justice.
Tony Trent, the man behind the Face
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Big Shot Comics #1-104
- The Face #1-2
- Skyman #1
- Sparky Watts #1
- Tony Trent #3-4
The Face
Notes[]
- On the covers of Big Shot Comics, Face was shown interacting with other the characters who appeared in the comic including Skyman, Dixie Dugan, Joe Palooka, and Sparky Watts. Of course these crossovers only occurred on the covers and not in the interior stories.