- Mister E (Timely Comics)
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Mister E Publication information Publisher Timely Comics
Marvel ComicsFirst appearance Daring Mystery Comics #2 Created by Joe CalCagno
Al CarrenoIn-story information Alter ego Victor J. Goldstein Team affiliations The Twelve Notable aliases Victor Jay Mister E (Victor J. Goldstein, also known as Victor Jay) was a Timely Comics Golden Age superhero. He appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #2, and reappears in 2008 in The Twelve.[1] [2] His only story has been reprinted in The Twelve #1/2.
Fictional character biography
Before fighting crime as Mister E, Victor Jay was a wealthy sportsman. He has no superpowers, but was athletic. Along with the other members of the group known as The Twelve, Mister E was frozen in suspended animation at the end of World War II. He and the others were discovered and awoken in the year 2008. In the J. Michael Straczynski-written series The Twelve, he finds himself rejected by his now 68-year-old son for having hidden his Jewish identity by changing his name from Victor J. Goldstein to Victor Jay in order to escape prevalent contemporaneous anti-Semitic attitudes that prevented him from climbing the social ladder.[3] Straczynski said, "Because many Jewish immigrants had to change their name and conceal their backgrounds in order to be accepted, this let me put a metaphor inside a metaphor."[4]
Notes
- ^ Mystery Men's Dozen: Brevoort Talks "The Twelve", Comic Book Resources, July 26, 2007
- ^ 12 Days of the Twelve: Mister E, Newsarama, August 14, 2007
- ^ The Twelve #3 (May 2008)
- ^ Shinefield, Mordechai. "Marvel Reveals Golden-Age Comics Book Hero's Identity", The Forward, March 13, 2008
References
- Mister E (Marvel) at the Comic Book DB
- Mister E at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
- Mister E at Nevins, Jess, A Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters. WebCitation archive of latter.
Categories:- Golden Age superheroes
- Timely Comics characters
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