- The Magnet (Nedor)
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character_name=The Magnet
real_name=Grant Halford
publisher=Nedor Comics America's Best Comics (DC)
debut="Complete Book of Comics and Funnies" #1 (1944)
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alliances=SMASH
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powers=(Originally) None
(Revival)Magnetic-based location powers|The Magnet was a minor fictional
hero from theGolden Age of Comics . He first appeared in the "Complete Book of Comics and Funnies" #1 (1944), published byNedor Comics . The character was later revived by writerAlan Moore for America's Best Comics.Nedor Comics
The Magnet is the secret identity of Grant Halford, inventor of the Geo-Locator. The Geo-Locator allows him to track down villains as well as
Nazi s.After his debut in "Complete Book of Comics and Funnies", the Magnet appeared in all four issues of "Mystery Comics" (1944). Both titles were discontinued due to the war time paper shortage. No creator for the character was credited, but most of the art was supplied by
Ed Good .America's Best Comics
Alan Moore revived the Magnet, along with many other Nedor Comics characters that had entered the
public domain , for hisTom Strong series. For the revival, the Magnet was given a new backstory: Sometime duringWorld War II , the Magnet met and became friends with the time travellingLance Lewis, Space Detective . Shortly after this the Magnet gained magnetic powers after the Geo-Locator exploded in his face.Grant Halford was one of the members of SMASH that had been placed in suspended animation after an alien invasion from the moon in 1969. Awakened 30 years later, Halford joined his former comrades in the fight against the alien. After SMASH disbanded, Halford and Lance opened "The Magnet Detective Agency." Three years later, Halford (his magnetic powers now unreliable) discovered that his partner had been killed by the supervillain Mystico ("Terra Obscura" vol. 1 #2, September 2003). Halford and the other members of SMASH defeated Mystico's plan to conquer the world. Halford has since married Betty Chance, widow of the Green Ghost.
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/herowatcher/Magnet.html The Magnet at SMASH fansite]
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