YOUNG AVENGER
Real Name: Bill Bryan
Identity/Class: Human mutate (?) (early 1940s)
Occupation: Vigilante, adventurer, probably student
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Captain Terror, Defender, Jack Frost, Major Liberty, Rockman, Rusty, Vagabond, Whizzer, unnamed person (shadow seen only), U.S.A. Comics
Enemies: Eric von Himmel, Nazi agents
Known Relatives: Mother (name unrevealed)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York State, USA
First Appearance: U.S.A. Comics#1/6 (August, 1941)
Powers/Abilities: Bill Bryan displayed enhanced level strength, stamina and durability, and had an amazing sense of direction.
History:
(U.S.A. Comics#1/6 (fb) - BTS) - Bill Bryan gained the powers and identity of Young Avenger through unknown means, and responded to the voice of a shadow to perform heroic deeds.
(U.S.A. Comics#1/6) - Having overheard Nazi agent Eric von Himmel's plans to destroy the USA's aviation industry, a shadowy figure went to Bill Bryan, gently sleeping, and told him that his help was needed. Now awake, Bryan received his instructions and transformed into Young Avenger. He ran to the next target of the Nazi agents and stopped them before they could detonate any explosives. Young Avenger then beat the identity of their boss out of one the saboteurs and left the Nazis behind tied up for the police. He traveled quickly to Southern New York State and broke into von Himmel's hideout, overcoming several guards, even surviving gunfire scorching on his face. Young Avenger continued to wreak havoc until stopped by a gas grenade. von Himmel had Young Avenger tied up with chains while the youth was unconscious. Soon recovered, the Nazi master spy taunted the hero but Young Avenger snapped through the chains and proceeded to beat up the foreign agents. In the fracas, von Himmel escaped, detonating his hideout as he flew away. His superior resilience saving him, Young Avenger smashed his way out of the rubble, again leaving the Nazis behind for the police, but swearing to stop von Himmel in the future. He rushed to be home by dawn lest his mother see him. Although getting little sleep, he cheerfully greeted his mother at breakfast.
(U.S.A. Comics#2/5) - Dan Kane, also known as Captain Terror, invited fellow crimefighters Young Avenger, Defender, Jack Frost, Major Liberty, Rockman, Rusty, Vagabond and Whizzer to his mansion to compare notes and trade stories, seeing as how their adventures were being documented in U.S.A. Comics. They agreed to let the best adventure told by one of them be printed in the next issue.
Comments: Created by uncredited writer and "Michael Robard" (see comments) (art).
Unfortunately, there is no indication who the shadowy figure is.
It seems evident that Young
Avenger had further adventures that weren't documented. Is it time for
"Untold Tales of Young Avenger"?
---All Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (2011) features Young Avenger in WW2 battlefield action - update to follow...
The story gathering the main heroes of U.S.A. Comics was text only.
Michael Robard was a pseudonym used by artist Mike Roy; this was revealed in the introduction to U.S.A. Comics Marvel Masterworks volume.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
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Young Avenger has no known connections to:
images:
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U.S.A. Comics#1/6, p1, pan1 (main image)
Appearances:
U.S.A. Comics#1/6 (August, 1941) - uncredited writer, Mike Roy
(art), Stan Lee (editor)
U.S.A. Comics#2/5 (November, 1941) - Stan Lee (writer/editor)
Last updated: 12/07/09
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