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Snowbird
Snowbird Earth-MLJ

Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

Pep Comics #31 (1942)

Original Publisher

MLJ

Created by

Bill Woolfolk and Irv Novick

Origin[]

Snowbird was a short German spy and cocaine addict who became prison cellmates with the Strangler. During WWII, they both escaped a U.S. jail, and took over the NYC Crime Syndicate briefly. The Shield and Dusty the Boy Detective were able to apprehend Snowbird (he was sent back to prison), but the Strangler did escape their grasp.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Pep Comics #31

Notes[]

  • Snowbird's snorting cocaine is possibly the first such scene in comics.

See Also[]

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