More sidekick action? Why yes, they're all the rage in the Fall of 1941. I never really think about Mister Scarlet, but he had one too, the unfortunately named Pinky the Whiz Kid, who nevertheless didn't have a softer-hued uniform. Kid made it himself to help his hero and just stuck around as of Wow Comics #4. See below. The ABOVE panel had me thinking he was much more interesting than he actually is, because I thought he had a skill on his shirt. No such luck. The two heroes barrel through an entire Injustice Society of villains from Scarlet's past. Like, these guys knew how to do supervillains in a way that had not yet been mastered by the comics form.
America's Greatest Comics was Fawcett's new quarterly anthology and aimed to feature a story by each of their greatest stars: Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Minute Man, Spy-Smasher... Mister Scarlet was the only one who never headlined his own solo series. That said, he was the star of Wow Comics (and would be until the book introduced Mary Marvel), and in the issue out this same month, had three stories to himself in the issue. Well, not quite to himself thanks to Pinky!
Two fists really are better than one.
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