KING GEORGE V

Real Name: George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-95223) human, British former citizen (1920s)

Occupation: Monarch of the United Kingdom

Group Membership: British Royal Family

Affiliations: Palace guards

Enemies: Betty, Maisy

Known Relatives: Queen Mary, unidentified prince (see comments)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Buckingham Palace, London, England, U.K. 

First Appearance: "Betty's Mad Dash," Glam Metal Detectives Special#1/3 (March 1995)

Powers/Abilities: King George V was fairly adept at hitting silent alarms with his feet even when tied up.

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 125 lbs. (by estimation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

History:
(Glam Metal Detectives Special#1/3) - Hearing strange noises coming from the throne room in Buckingham Palace, King George V armed himself with a poker and burst in to confront the intruders. He found two flappers, Betty and Maisy, stealing the crown jewels, while the queen sat watching helplessly, tied up on her throne. The thieves pointed a gun at the monarch, forcing him to surrender. After Maisy took the crown off his head they took a sash from the window and tied him and the queen up on the floor together, but George managed to hit the silent alarm with his foot, summoning the palace guards. When they arrived the two crooks were forced to leap from the window to escape. 

Comments: Created by Art Weatherall, very loosely based on the real person

   Betty's Mad Dash was a segment in the comedy sketch show Glam Metal Detectives, a short lived BBC series that aired in 1995. Marvel UK did a tie-in comic, with comics based on several of the recurring skits. Betty's Mad Dash was a spoof done in the style of a cinematic adventure serial, set in the 1930s and starring two slappers, Betty and her friend Maisy, who spent each episode on the run after robbing people.

   The unidentified prince is historically problematic, since George V's surviving sons were all adults by that time, and the only grandson wasn't born until halfway through the decade. So the boy is too young to be a son and too old to be a grandson. But it's a spoof, so nobody's really caring about being too historically accurate.

   He's listed as a former citizen because the monarch is arguably not a citizen once they ascend the throne, since all British passports and citizenships are issued in the monarchs name.

   This profile was completed on 08/09/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Glam Metal Detectives.

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
King George V has no known connections to:

Queen Mary

Queen Mary was King George V's wife. She had already been tied by the thieves when George discovered them, and was later re-tied, this time to her husband.

--Glam Metal Detectives Special#1/3

unidentified prince

An unidentified prince was playing on a trampoline when Betty and Maisy leapt out the window of Buckingham Palace, and as a result the pair were able to land safely.

--Glam Metal Detectives Special#1/3

images: (without ads)
Glam Metal Detectives Special#1, p21, pan2 (main)
Glam Metal Detectives Special#1, p21, pan4 (tied up)
Glam Metal Detectives Special#1, p21, pan1 (Queen Mary)
Glam Metal Detectives Special#1, p22, pan1-2 (the prince).

Appearances:
Glam Metal Detectives Special#1/3 (March 1995) - Art Weatherall (art), writer not specified, David Leach (editor)

First Posted: 09/29/2026
Last updated: 09/28/2026

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