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Laffman

Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

 Funnyman #1 (1948)

Original Publisher

Magazine Enterprises

Created by

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Origin[]

Laffman was one of two superhero imitators of Funnyman. There imitator was called Comicman. The pair wanted to drive their rival out of the funny superhero business. While they were not villains, they were not allies of Funnyman.

Funnyman first encountered his imitators when Flathead Floogie escapes from the Police at Grand Central Station. While Larry put on his Funnyman attire, two costumed imitators of Funnyman, Comicman and Laffman, sought to capture the fugitive Flathead. The trio finally captured Flathead, and, after Funnyman dispatched with his irritating and smug competitors, he turned Flathead over to the authorities.

The pair once tried to take Safe-cracker Jack from Funnyman on his way to drop the criminal off at jail so they could take the credit for the arrest. They tried to hold a rope across the road to trip up Funnyman's bike only for the likeness of Funnyman's face on the front of the bike to bite through the rope and send the imitators flying.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Funnyman #1, 3

See Also[]

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