ICYMI: MLJ ended the pulp-style character Scarlet Avenger in Zip Comics to make way for the style of teen humor that would make the publisher famous. MLJ sponsored
. The character was a classic pulp-style hero in comics form. As his origin in the debut ofdescribes,"The Scarlet Avenger in real life is Jim Kendall. He has devoted himself to wiping out gangland ever since the death of his wife and child. An airplane in which they were all flying was hijacked because it was carrying a cargo of gold bullion. It crashed, and all the occupants except Jim himself were killed.
Behind Kendall's stony face there is a giant scientific brain. He brings science to the aid of his crusade. He has fashioned for himself a scarlet robe, woven from steel into a super-fine, bullet-proof steel-mesh cloak. His identity unknown, even to his own aides, the flaming arrow is the emblem of the Scarlet Avenger.", MLJ ended a pulp-style character to make way for teen humor character Wilbur Wilkins in the title — an adept move that served the publisher well.
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