Long before Jim Valentino created the hilarious
NormalMan series, there was
another, short-lived Golden Age saga, about a guy
without super-powers on a world where
everyone else had them...
Never heard of
this guy?
The only
"Impossible Man" you know is the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Popuppian wacko from
Fantastic Four?
It's understandable.
Hugh Mann: the Impossible Man, made only
three appearances, each one in a
different comic title, and
all hidden away in the back of the book!
This was his first, in 1945's
Red Band Comics #3
and #4 (the two issues have
identical covers and contents, but different indicias).
As to who the creators are...some attribute the art to George Marcoux, who created
SuperSnipe, the Kid with the Most Comic Books in America! and some say Charles "C.A." Voight, who did humor strips like
Captain Milksop and
Sir Prize.
Either way, it's a hoot!
Enjoy, and be assured that
Impossible Man will return...
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