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There is much evil in the world today, Tim! Evil and crime that need stamping out!

—Captain Wonder (Prof. Steve Jordan)

Appearing in "The Origin of Captain Wonder"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Fifth Columnist (Main story and flashback)
    • Mister Death (Max Blucher) (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

  • Pentmore Prison
    • Two unnamed corrections officers
  • Dr. Martin (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Daily Scoop (Named only)
  • Bob (Park Ranger) (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed Park Ranger (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Jackie (Student) (Only in flashback)
  • Coach Steve Brent (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Senator Carson (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • NYPD (Main story and flashback)
    • Unnamed Police Officer (Main story and flashback)
  • Unnamed Principal

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
    • Earth (Main story and flashback)
      • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
        • Pentmore Prison (First appearance)
        • Wisconsin (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
          • Endless Caverns (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
        • New York (Main story and flashback)
          • New York City (Main story and flashback)
            • Central High School (First appearance; unnamed) (Main story and flashback)

Items:

  • Wonder Fluid (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Black Fluid (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "The Origin of Captain Wonder"

Dr. Martin enters the Endless Caverns of Wisconsin and is seemingly lost until one day he remerges running from a man calling himself Mister Death. Mister Death kills Dr. Martin as well as two park rangers waiting outside the caverns before heading to New York City.

In New York City a football game is being played, but one of the kids playing gets hurt. Tim one of the kid's teammates asks Professor Jordan if he wants to play but before he can answer the more athletic coach offers to play while chastising the professor. Later in class Tim attempts to fire a rubber band at his friend Jackie when he accidently misses and hits Professor Jordan who makes him stay after class.

After class Professor Jordan shows Tim a formula he created called Wonder Fluid. The professor accidently drops the vial causing an explosion. When the fumes clear Jordan emerges stronger than he was. Remembering the bullying of the coach he goes to the gym where he fights the coach in a boxing ring and knocks him out. Jordan and Tim return to the classroom where Jordan regrets falling to his ego and shows Tim what the Wonder Fluid was made for. Searching a cabinet Jordan dons a colorful costume and calls himself Captain Wonder, its purpose to stamping out evil and crime.

Hearing some nearby cries for help Captain Wonder rushes into action but is too late to stop Mister Death from murdering a senator, he is able to knock out the murderer for the police to take him to prison. Returning to his classroom Tim asks the professor how he'll return to his previous form, but Jordan has thought of that as well. By simply smelling the Black Fluid he created as an antidote Jordan returns to his normal self.

The following day the coach asks Jordan confused if he really was knocked out by him and Jordan just tells him he must have imagined it. During class Tim is ordered to stay after class again after hitting Jordan with an eraser. Jordan feigning anger really just wanted to speak with Tim and show him a ring he created that would more easily deliver the Wonder Fluid through a needle in the ring. Tim also wanted to show Jordan that he worked on a costume all night to be Captain Wonder's partner. Anticipating this, Jordan made Tim a ring of his own.

During that same night Mister Death escaped from Pentmore Prison and returned to the school where he was captured in order to gain revenger on Captain Wonder. Getting the jump on Captain Wonder his deadly point stunned the hero in place. Tim unobserved by Mister Death snuck around him and tackled him, long enough to free Captain Wonder who slammed Mister Death on some chemicals killing him. After his death, Captain Wonder explained to Tim that Mister Death used an invisible poison gas to kill people and soon after a police officer arrived and Wonder explained that he was a fifth columnist named Max Blucher. After the incident the two revert to their normal forms and continue living their life as student and professor.

Appearing in "The Haunted House"

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Synopsis for "The Haunted House"

Whitewash and Knuckles enter a "haunted house" in order to find their friend Jeff who they haven't seen in a while an they believe is missing. Thinking Jeff always wanted to explore a haunted house they come to the conclusion Jeff might be inside. The two search the house until they hear some voices. The overhear two men talking about finishing the Jeff job and accidently pounce on them when Whitewash sneezes. The men turn out to be carpenters working for Jeff to help fix up the house to use as a base for the Young Allies.

Appearing in "The Pennypincher Problem"

Featured Characters:

  • Trixie Trouble (Trixie Colleen) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unidentified Police Department
    • Officer McGillkudy (First appearance)
  • Phineas Pennypincher (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Bank Robbers
    • Cecil (First appearance)
    • Butch (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "The Pennypincher Problem"

Trixie and her pals are told to get off Mr. Pennypinchers lot where they're building a clubhouse. Trixie who was too obsessed with Officer McGillkudy didn't hear him. While riding around she accidently runs into the Officer as he's chasing two bank robbers, causing the robbers to escape. The officer tells her off and reminds her to get off Pennypincher's lot. Wanting to see it one more time she goes there only to find the robbers hiding out. She rushes out of the shack and tells Officer McGillkudy and Mr. Pennypincher. Not knowing how to get them out, Trixie builds a fire and smokes them out, but the fire burns down the shack which had all the money in it.

Appearing in "Triple Threat"

Featured Characters:

  • Wilbur Whitherback (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Fairway Aircraft Plant
    • Unnamed Foreman
    • Unnamed President

Antagonists:

  • Axis
    • Nazis
      • Adolph (First appearance; dies)
      • Hans (First appearance; dies)

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Synopsis for "Triple Threat"

Wilbur Whitherback is a "bugologist" who is hired by the Fairway Aircraft Plant to help sus out foreign saboteurs by coming up with a new secret weapon. Wilbur is kidnapped by Nazi agents who attempt to use his idea but while in the air they realize too late what it is. Wilbur who is celebrated for defeating the saboteurs explains that the idea was a spidermeedle a cross between a spider, a silkworm, and a needle fly who's purpose was to be inserted into a parachute bag to ensure the parachute remains undamaged. Although the agents most likely saw the creature and were so frightened by it that they failed to put on the parachute.

Appearing in "Slick Shaw and the Webster Ranch"

Featured Characters:

  • Pinto Pete (Pete Webster) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Swifty (First appearance) (Horse)
  • Mrs. Webster (First appearance) (Pete's Mother)
  • Red (First appearance) (Webster Ranch Foreman)

Antagonists:

  • Slick Shaw (First appearance)
  • Stiletto (First appearance)
  • Greg (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "Slick Shaw and the Webster Ranch"

Slick Shaw along with his hired goons Stiletto and Greg have bought up all the ranches in the area except for the Webster Ranch. The group decide to go to the ranch and try to get Mrs. Webster to sell by any means. Upon getting to the ranch they began threatening Mrs. Webster but before they have a chance to hurt her, her son, Pinto Pete comes to her rescue and forces the men to leave their property.

Knowing the men are up to know good Pinto recruits his foreman, Red, to ride into town to prevent them buying up all the ranches and selling the cattle back at higher cost. The two ride into town just as the men are gathering a crowd to force Mrs. Webster to sell, using a new railroad as an excuse for it.

Pinto crashes Slick's soapbox but before he can speak Slick sends Greg to attack him from behind, but Greg is easily defeated by Red. Pinto then ensures the town that he'll ride to Capitol City himself to prove Slick's words are false. Seeing their plan fail Stiletto attempts to silence Pinto with a dagger but Pinto shoots it out of the air. Stiletto and Shaw attempt to make their getaway but Stiletto is lassoed from the car while it peels out then rides his trust horse Swifty right into the car's open top, ordering Shaw to turn around and face the consequences.

Red and Pinto then head to a round-up since Pinto was tired of taking it easy all day.

Appearing in "Introducing Subbie"

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Supporting Characters:

  • Father Neptune (First appearance)
  • Beans (First appearance)
  • Egbert Cortland (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Nazis
    • Kriegsmarine
      • U-117
        • Commander Ritter (First appearance; dies)
        • Three unnamed sailors (First appearance; dies)

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  • Subbie's PT Boat

Synopsis for "Introducing Subbie"

Subbie nephew and godchild of Neptune is gifted a PT Boat and a sailor outfit by his uncle to allow the youth to explore at his heart's content. While traveling he meets up with two boys who made it past harbor patrol to witness the army doing some practice shots.

On closer inspection they realize the target is set up in front of a passing navy convoy at that they might end up hitting them. Beans and Egbert Cortland, the two boys Subbie met, go off to warn the convoy while Subbie dives down to find the answer to the suspicious target.

While diving Subbie spots the culprits a Nazi U-Boat, he quickly ties up the propellers causing the U-Boat to stall in place. While the two boys successfully warn the convoy. The shots continue from the army hitting the U-Boat and sinking it. The three boys celebrate on one of the convoy ships while the sign target is hit. The two boys wonder if perhaps Subbie has some connection to the Sub-Mariner.

Appearing in "The Pickup Plane Spy Ring"

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  • Nazis
    • Numerous unnamed agents

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Synopsis for "The Pickup Plane Spy Ring"

While out flying the Glider Patrol spots a road block that wasn't there earlier in the day. Suspicious of it and the workers' accents they decide to investigate. Discovering a pick-up post used to catch planes the group puts together that the men must be Nazi agents. Breezy and Nails remain behind to further investigate while Wings West is sent to get the police.

Nails and Breezy discover a house and ambush a guard taking his knife and rifle. Further investigating the house the two spot Breezy's father tied up inside being interrogated by two men. Using the knife Nails cuts the power to the house while Breezy tosses bullets into the fireplace from the roof's chimney. The men flee from the house believing they're being assaulted while Nails rushes in and cuts the ropes holding Breezy's father. Breezy using the rifle holds up the two men long enough for police to arrive. While the Nazi agents are being arrested a Nazi plane comes to collect what they believe to be information retrieved from Mr. Collins, Breezy's father, but instead the plane crashes due to Nails and Breezy tampering with the pick-up posts. The United States Coast Guard would later subdue a Nazi sub just off the coast that housed the plane.

Appearing in "Flap Flipflop the Flying Flash"

Featured Characters:

  • Flap Flipflop (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • United States Army
    • United States Army Air Forces
      • Major Mush (First appearance)
      • Dick (First appearance)
      • Mort (First appearance)
      • Several unnamed personell

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Synopsis for "Flap Flipflop the Flying Flash"

Flap Flipflop flies over a United States Army Air Forces air field where he is shot down. Major Mush has words with him before the base is attacked by Japanese pilots. Their planes in disrepair their only hope is Flap who returns to his plane and defeats the Japanese. He is then recruited into the Air Forces as a first lieutenant and hailed a hero.

Notes

Continuity Notes[]

  • First appearance and origin of Captain Wonder.

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