Another post for this superhero-crazed world. It’s a look at another forgotten pantheon of heroes.
LIGHTNING
Secret Identity: Jeff Larkin
First Appearance: Jumbo Comics #14 (April 1940)
Origin: Jeff Larkin, the son of an American Army General, secretly invented a belt which, when activated, gave its wearer super powers. He donned a costume and fought the forces of evil as the superhero called Lightning.
Powers: Lightning’s power belt enabled him to fly and to shoot lightning bolts from his hands. It also granted him a degree of super-strength.
Comment: When the U.S. entered World War Two Fred Larkin enlisted in a unit under his father’s command, but kept his identity as Lightning a secret.
COMMANDO RANGER
Secret Identity: Never revealed but created by Jock Lawrence, which would have been a great name for him.
First Appearance: Rangers Comics #13 (October 1943)
Origin: Prior to becoming Commando Ranger in 1943 this man had been an Olympic boxer, had climbed Mount Everest, had helped against the plague in the Congo and had served as a fighter pilot in another nation’s armed forces before the U.S. entered World War Two.
He then spent two years studying under the Lamas in Tibet, mastering their disciplines. Returning to the war, he was assigned to serve as a masked and costumed operative against the Nazis on mainland Europe. This assignment was given to him by Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
Powers: Commando Ranger had perfect bodily control, could endure incredible levels of pain and was honed to the peak of physical condition. He had mastered all methods of unarmed combat and was an expert with guns, explosives and especially his winged knife.
Comment: Commando Ranger’s calling cards bore the sign of the winged dagger, the same logo on his costume. This hero’s love interest was a mysterious French woman who led the French Underground unit called La Bastille. Continue reading
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Democrat rioters even burned down a church with a Black Lives Matter sign, but that shouldn’t surprise us coming from the party of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, KLANtifa, the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, and so much else. “Silence is consent” the Democrats so often snivel and so we can assume that the silence from Joe Biden and other Democrats means that these riots aka the 2020 Democrat War have their consent. 
WE NEED THIRD PARTIES! In a year when Democrats keep threatening that they will AGAIN refuse to accept a presidential election loss their hate-filled and divisive “Virtual Convention” did the seemingly impossible: it gave Senile Joe Biden’s OPPONENT a positive bounce in his approval rating.
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Vol 1 #83 (August 1962) 
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