| Suicide Smith | |
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Real Name |
"Suicide" Smith |
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First Appearance |
Wing Comics #1 (Sept 1940) |
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Original Publisher |
Fiction House |
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Created by |
Witmer Williams |
Origin[]
Suicide Smith was a "blitzkrieg buster" during the second World War. He initially functioned as a fighter pilot that lead a team known as the Air Commandos, but would later embark solo operations. On these missions, He was assisted by Chuck Hardy, his young and a female spy named Hinda.
Smith’s also went on some more unusual missions including stopping the Seepanzer, a high-tech armored German craft; preventing the destruction of the Golden Gate Bridge by the invisible Vultures of the Mikado; foiling a German plot in the jungles of Brazil to use a diamond-making machine; and finding the crown of Mohammed, which had the ability to command the loyalty of any Muslims.
After the war, Smith fought against the rise of communism & fascism in South and Central America.
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Wing Comics #1-36, 38-40, 42-52, 54-59, 62, 66, 69-96, 98, 101-102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 114-115
- Jet Aces #1
- Ranger Comics #65
- Rangers #66-69
Notes[]
- Suicide Smith and the Air Commanders" was one of Wing Comic's most enduring features; contributors included Ruth Atkinson, Alvin Hollingsworth, Murphy Anderson, and Jack Keller.