#10 June 2001

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Cover

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Contents

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Doll Man

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Blue Beetle

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Man O' Metal

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Sparky Watts

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Profiles/Letters

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Back Cover

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   -Doll Man, Man O' Metal, and Sparky Watts scans by me. First posting.

   -Blue Beetle scans by Marble River. Originally posted on the newsgroup, alt.binaries.pictures.comics.

Sorry, no letters this month.

-Steve

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-Steve

Blue Beetle
    -Story taken from Blue Beetle #9
     -Writer- Charles Nicholas 
     -Penciler- Charles Nicholas 
     -Inker- Charles Nicholas 
    -A.K.A.- Dan Garret
    -Known Powers- Flight(?) and strength (varied)  
    -Known Appearances- All-Top Comics 4, 8-13; Big-3 Comics 1-7; Blue Beetle 1-60; Mystery Men Comics 1-31; Phantom Lady 13; Real Hit Comics 1; Tegra, Jungle Empress 1; Zago, Jungle Prince 1; Zoot Comics 13 
    Officer Dan Garret, bored of police work, became the costumed crime fighter, Blue Beetle! When Dan was shot in the line of duty, a friend, Dr. Franz, gave Dan the experimental drug, Vitamin 2X! Dan rapidly healed, & by taking the wonder drug, gained super powers! (As time went on writers seemed to forget about Vitamin 2X & Beetle gained & lost various powers) 

Man O' Metal
    -Story taken from Heroic Comics #24
     -Writer- H. G. Peters
     -Penciler- H. G. Peters
     -Inker- H. G. Peters
    -A.K.A.- Pat Dempsey
    -Known Powers- When exposed to flame or electricity, Dempsey is invulnerable and super strong
    -Known Appearances- Heroic Comics 7-28
    The following was written by Bill Nolan in Pure Excitement Comics #4:
    Originally a steel worker, Pat Dempsey gained superhuman abilities when he was accidentally covered in white-hot molten steel in Heroic Comics no. 7. In an "inexplainable chemical reaction of the skin-texture," Dempsey was not killed, but instead given the power to burn "his way through the thickest barriers."
    Having obtained his superhuman abilities, Dempsey became a "famous independent operator" who assisted the government in fighting crime and spies as the Man O' Metal.
    Whenever Dempsey was exposed to flame or electrical current, his skin turned blue and flames would shoot from his body. As the Man O' Metal, he was bulletproof and had the "strength of an elephant."

Sparky Watts
    -Story taken from Big Shot Comics #76
     -Writer- Tom DeAngelo
     -Penciler- Tom DeAngelo
     -Inker- Tom DeAngelo
    -Known Powers- Strength
    -Known Appearances- Big Shot Comics 14-104; Columbia, the Gem of the Comics 1; Face 1; Skyman 1; Sparky Watts 1-6
    While not a costumes hero, Sparky Watts was charged with cosmic rays giving him super strength. This, and his wacky adventures, set Sparky apart from both the long underwear crowd, and the standard "back-up" features, and can account for his great success!