MINUTE-MAN

Real Name: Jack Weston

Class: Human

Occupation: Army private, mysteryman

Group Affiliation: formerly Crime Crusaders Club

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Fawcett City, California, 1940s era to present

First Appearance: Master Comics (Fawcett) #11 (February, 1941)

Powers: Minute-Man was in peak human physical condition, and an exceptional combatant to boot.

History: Jack Weston was an army private, who was inspired by superheroes operating during WWII. He trained his body until he was a perfect human specimen, and took the patriotic mysteryman identity of Minute-Man to combat the enemies of America.

(Power of Shazam II #8 (fb)) - <June, 1945> Germany surrendered to the U.S. after Hitler’s suicide, but Captain Nazi staid loyal to his cause, and started operations in the U.S. He kidnapped Spy Smasher and tortured him for information about La Paloma, a freighter from South America containing items for Nazi’s mission. Smasher was rescued by Bulletman and Minute Man., but Nazi ordered his men to sacrifice themselves by blowing up their hq in an attempt to kill the heroes while Nazi made his escape. Nazi flew to sea, wrecked a liner to distract the heroes, who’d survived and were on his tail, and located La Paloma.

(Power of Shazam II #12 (fb, BTS)) - <1955> Blaze unleashed the Seven Deadly Sins on Fawcett. Shazam combated them with his heroes Spy Smasher, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet, Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Shazam used a spell of containment to trap the Sins inside ridiculous statues, and he kept them for safekeeping at the Rock of Eternity.

(Power of Shazam II #8) -Billy Batson, the superhero Captain Marvel, was at WHIZ when the station conducted an interview with retired WWII heroes Minute Man, Bulletman and Spy Smasher. They related a story about how they battled Captain Nazi after the war, he was after the cargo of La Paloma, a freighter from South America, and although they busted up his Nazi ring, he made off with a cryogenic chamber. Nazi was in the news because he’d emerged from suspended animation.

Comments: Created by Charles Sultan

Minute-Man was originally published by Fawcett Comics, which DC obtained the rights to in 1972.

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths DCU Minute-Man lived on Earth-S.

Minute-Man had a cameo in Master Comics (Fawcett) #21.

 Minute-Man's appearance in Master Comics (Fawcett) #21 was reprinted in Shazam! Archives #4.

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