Number 2571: Magno and Davey, and their deepest magnetism

Tiny Davey Landis is a expansive fan of Magno, the Magnetic Man. Davey’s sister makes him a Magno costume, and by golly, it ends in him palling up with Magno himself, in his magnetic flesh. Gosh. Davey becomes yet one other youthful sidekick of an adult superhero, exposed to ache from Magno’s enemies.

I consulted the Public Domain Mountainous Heroes web order material, questioning if Davey became once striking around with Magno, however with out his idol’s magnet powers. Here the PDSH assures us that “At first, Magno had to ‘magnetize’ Davey every time they had to fight crime, however sooner or later, the recharges grew to alter into pointless and Davey became once ready to make employ of magnetic powers 24/7. ”

The web order material also told me that Magno (and Davey, when he joined his hero) first appeared in 1940 from Ace Periodicals. The characteristic became once featured in Mountainous-Thriller Comics #4-29, and Four Favorites #1-26.

This yarn, drawn by Rudy Palais, is from Four Favorites #20 (1945):