Nope, he's not the female Mighty Avenger, (obviously)...
...and she's not another Mighty Avenger (and former Defender)...
...nor AirBoy's aviatrix nemesis from the 1940s...
...but they are a one-shot hero from the 1940s and his female nemesis in a tale from TailSpin #1 (and only), published in 1944.
I think you'll be able to tell who's who...
"In all his checkered career..."
What "checkered career"?
This was FireBird's only appearance!
The "aviator goggles-helmet and cape" ensemble was used by several heroes including Spy Smasher and the original Phantom Eagle, so it could be a reworked version of one of their tales.
This was FireBird's only appearance!
The "aviator goggles-helmet and cape" ensemble was used by several heroes including Spy Smasher and the original Phantom Eagle, so it could be a reworked version of one of their tales.
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Wonder if he was going to be a German fighting against the Nazi regime or an Allied mystery man like the Destroyer fighting behind the lines in Germany.
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Brian
Interesting speculation that this might have originally been a Phantom Eagle story! Jerry Bails' Who's Who lists the L. B. Cole Studio packaged both Ship Ahoy and Tailspin for Spotlight Comics. The Phantom Eagle fought a Nazi aviatrix (The Ace of Blades) in Fawcett's Wow Comics #18(Oct 1943), with art by Maurice Whitman (who had also worked at Cole's studio).
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Damn knowledgeable readers...now I've got to look up that Wow Comics tale...
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